by phillipw | Aug 9, 2021 | BU, CH, JU, RE, SH
Judas as a Cannibal Interpreting Holiness Korea sends a priestly man, a monk, To worshiping Japan. He preaches that The animism of their bones is drunk, More like a drunken mouse or bat, And will remain so till they realize That silent Shintō gods are reflections Of...
by phillipw | Aug 9, 2021 | GA, GU, HE, IS, JU, LA, PA, TR, ZE
Pitifully Bulging with Restraint The ancient myths refrain from giving hot Exactness to sex swollen loves. The gate Of Troy is breached, but Homer leaves out taut Male flesh in ram and slam of lust in spate Between Queen Helen’s legs. When Zeus rapes up Inside...
by phillipw | Jul 6, 2021 | AE, BE, ES, IN, JU
White and White and Blue and Blue Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Some otherwhere the snow is lingering on The ground between the bark of oaks or pines, Perhaps beneath a peak awaiting dawn. Mount...
by phillipw | Jun 10, 2021 | CH, JU, MY, RE
144,000 Thrones Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem My childhood little church, that concrete block One painted white with ziggurat-like face, Was filled with mystic preacher salesman talk So...
by phillipw | Jun 9, 2021 | GA, JU, LE, SW, ZE
The Age of the Gods Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The age of gods remains the same, a still Forever. As they were, they ever are, And ever will be, in a changeless, chill, Transparent medium. ...
by phillipw | Apr 3, 2021 | CA, FR, JU, PH, PS, SI
Panicky Purity The phantoms of the heart and brain are drugs From soul and not from science. They are like Some sort of dreamlike but effective plugs Created for our therapy. A dyke Holds back the floods… and heart holds back the brain And rigid...
