by phillipw | Jun 3, 2026 | FA, IM, PO, RE, TR
Multiplicity like Unimaginable Complexity in Vision Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Because you feel that you own prophecy Does not mean that the title and the deed Are signed. Pure poetry demands a fee...
by phillipw | Jun 2, 2026 | IM, TR
The Humor in Death Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The mass of humans feels a ghostly pulse Inside their minds because those brains are weak. The thought of death makes all of them convulse With...
by phillipw | Apr 28, 2026 | IM, Uncategorized
You Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem It is as if a lark dislikes the joys Of singing, or as if a hawk held hate Of soaring in her heart, or if the noise Of daughters playing felt like heavy...
by phillipw | Apr 9, 2026 | AE, AR, ES, IM, MO, PA
Whimpressionists Impressionists depicted what they saw, Says one esteemed interpreter, what they Saw actually. Well, anyone says, “Nah,” If s/he has ever looked. They spew a spray Of specks and spots across the canvas, more A pretty mess than what we see. We just...
by phillipw | Jan 31, 2026 | IM, RE
Religionists Are Like Pooh, a Bear of Very Little Brain Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem While milking breasts of immortality, That tortured stretched out, racked out thought of life, We find the awful...
by phillipw | Jan 21, 2026 | IM, PH
Esemplastic Power Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A fish that nearly fills Antarctic seas, Its oceans, quite as much, a thousand miles Across, swims nearly large enough to please A poet’s...