by phillipw | Dec 7, 2025 | AM, GR, LU, PR, SA
By Reason of Thy Brightness Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If we attain exactly everything, Yes, even far beyond what we have dreamed, Our wishes filled with sex and love on wing In Heaven’s flight, if...
by phillipw | Oct 23, 2025 | AN, GR, PA, PH, ZE
Zeno of Elea “It is true greatness to have in one, the frailty of a man and the security of a god.” ~ Seneca as quoted by Bacon in Of Adversity Just one reality exists. The rest Subsists in falsity. A paradox Occurs in other thoughts, their falseness best...
by phillipw | Aug 29, 2025 | GR, ST, Uncategorized
The Motto at Dephi Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Escape the feudal clamps upon your soul, The Marxist ones in Cuba, moneyed ones At Mar a Lago. Leave your begging bowl If you are like the...
by phillipw | Aug 4, 2025 | GR, HE
B.C. Polyclitus and Praxiteles Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Thou art a man, God is no more, Learn thy own Humanity to adore.” ~ William Blake The Greeks were onto it before the Christ Appeared. ...
by phillipw | Jul 16, 2025 | BA, CO, FA, GR, VE
Metallic Extrusion The barn sits red beneath a silvery roof And tries to call up memories of the time When it contained the gentle step of hoof Of soft-breathed cows, but modern farming crime Has jammed the cows in separate pens alone Except for cows...
by phillipw | Apr 13, 2025 | DE, GR, MO
Inappropriate Poison The oleanders blossom pinks and whites. Though grief does not have colors in its soul, It never turns to pink in satin rites Of death. The coffin wears a floral stole Of lavender , perhaps, though hardly pink, More priestly lavender. ...
