by phillipw | Dec 4, 2025 | CA, DR, NI, SU
Mishmash Manifestations Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Dreams come. Dreams come and as caverns and as peaks, As Everests in the sunrise and as seas At sunset. Each dream comes to you unique, Unique...
by phillipw | Nov 26, 2025 | NI, SO
Supreme Socrates and Nay-saying Nietzsche Considered in the Context of the Eternal Recurrence Nietzsche in ancient Greek straitjacket as Socrates with hemlock; image produced by Grok AI at the direction of the poet If Socrates had had a watch, he would Have wound it...
by phillipw | Oct 12, 2025 | NI, SK
Migrations Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When skylarks sing, their soaring circling cheer Goes up in spirals in a glistening height. Yet where these glories reach, they disappear. The song...
by phillipw | Sep 6, 2025 | DA, DR, NI
Dreams Redreamed Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The dreams you do not want to dream again Are damned upon you, over, over, new But always old, again, again, in pain. They come as bruises, always...
by phillipw | Aug 27, 2025 | DR, NI, SE, Uncategorized
Against the Tide Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He always had an undertow beneath His skin, but as in nightmares he did not Know what it meant. It was like a sheath Around his member holding...
by phillipw | Aug 1, 2025 | DR, HE, NI, PS, SL
The Disinfected Gallery of the Therapied Brain Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem So clear and yet ambiguous the scene Holds more — a haunting on the canvas, ghost As moon predicting death, the muzzle keen...
