by phillipw | Jan 26, 2026 | AL, DI, IG, KN, SC, TH
The Crannied Wall Without God Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The sun would scorch, but what if there is no One there to suffer? Sunsets stun away The light, yet what if no one sees that glow? Electron...
by phillipw | Jun 1, 2025 | KN, PH, RE, SE, Uncategorized, WI
Behold, I Give You One COMMANDMENT* LOVE FIRST THYSELF. Forget about the love Of God and others; thinkers everywhere Have reached this one conclusion. Far above Religions, which are every one a snare, Decry this love. This first rule first implies, As streams...
by phillipw | Aug 12, 2024 | CH, CO, FR, KN, RE, RO, SA, SU
Compostela or Knock — Wherever Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The saints are dressed in all their silks and gems As never in their holy lives before Their martyrdoms or whatever. The hems Below...
by phillipw | Mar 4, 2021 | IL, KN, SE
Early Wisdom He who knows others has knowledge. He who knows himself is illuminated. ~ Rôshi Some little blue and purple posters on His childhood wall beside his bed gleamed green (A phosphorescent glint) in patches, wan Some parts of their designs, each...
by phillipw | May 22, 2020 | AC, BR, KN, RA
Jerusalem His face is mild, as mild as Elgar chords Set down on paper, or a late June day In Gloucestershire, as mild as sleeping lords In Parliament. His young beard’s a display Of masculinity, or maybe just A statement of his academic bent....
by phillipw | May 18, 2020 | EP, KN, PH, PO
Seldom Pure and Never Simple: Fawlty Thoughts There’s freedom in the speaking of the truth. I know we’re not supposed to think that such A thing exists. It’s stylishly uncouth, Post-Modernism says, to use the crutch Of common sense. Too many minds...
