by phillipw | Jan 15, 2026 | DI, GO, SU
Omitting Divinities Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem So . . . what if we omitted God, that He Or She (whatever)? What if we should build A temple dedicated to a ski Slope? Maybe we could opt to shape...
by phillipw | Jan 11, 2026 | BA, DE, DI, GO
The Reason Bamboo was Created Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The long thick tubes that rise and dominate Were first created by a certain God, Perhaps an Oriental one whose fate Required him to be oddly...
by phillipw | Jan 9, 2026 | DI
The Carat Rule A diamond mine does not dig up just gems. It mostly yields a heap of rocks, rocks, rocks. The mining urge and effort always stems From greedy, deadly sin. The greed then stalks Poor men to do the drudge of work and if One finds a giant jewel, he does...
by phillipw | Dec 14, 2025 | CA, DI, GA, GO, ST, WA, WH
Only a God Would Think of Gilding a Cavern Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Divine I am, inside and out, and I make holy whatever I touch or am touch’d from” ~ Walt Whitman “Divine I...
by phillipw | Dec 2, 2025 | DI, VO, WO
Locked Up Like Lucifer in Hell Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He gropes for that immortal active verb, That one you know, that every lover knows, The total verb just waiting to disturb The mortal gods...
by phillipw | Oct 29, 2025 | BR, CO, DE, DI, MA, WH
Stepping Into the Ambulance that Would Take Her to the Thames Valley Hospice Margaret Arbuckle Paterson Graham Whidden When I love thee not, Chaos is come again. ~ Shakespeare, Othello “Courage is life, living. Life is change; change is suffering; the will to...
