by phillipw | Oct 16, 2026 | AL, DE, GA, GR, HE, Ho, MA, MO
Queer Colors King Alexander had two colors for His eyes, one blue, one brown. His hair hung blond In curls, blond gloss upon them. To adore, He chose his childhood friend. From far beyond Came sobbing. Blond of royal hair spread wide And crammed the world with...
by phillipw | Oct 9, 2026 | AN, MO, WH
The Reverend Slope “In the gloom of the temples there are lights here and there.” ~R. H. Blyth, Haiku, Summer-Autumn, vol. 3, 279 For Donald who became a Roman Catholic Across millennia the temples span Our darkness. They are best when they are grim. Caves...
by phillipw | Oct 2, 2026 | AL, BR, CH, DE, DI, GA, JE, LO, MI, MO
Paradiso and Inferno as Purgatorio Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem You know that you have found the man when: Asphalt streets of dust before the rain Turn clear gold streets of God and you ban men Who do...
by phillipw | Sep 4, 2026 | BY, EM, GI, MO, RA
Tridacna Maxima Tridacna Giges Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Within the Giant Clam there, deep, awaits A flowing spiral, flowing in its shape Though fixed in stiffness. Spirals have their fates As if...
by phillipw | Aug 30, 2026 | MO
Mucus as Music Or Purgatorio Transposed to Torture Only Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Response to Thomas Adès “Purgatorio” When music has been mashed to noises made As only ugly sounds, yes, almost all...
by phillipw | Jul 13, 2026 | MO, TR
Go Away, Brutal Poets Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “The unripe grape, the ripe, the dried . . . All things are changes, not into nothing, but into that which is not present.” ~ Marcus Aurelius The...
