by phillipw | May 12, 2020 | AN, AR, CH, HE, LO, PA, SE
Lucifer and the Other Multi-winged Ones, Seraphim and Cherubim “The deep lunges, forehead pressed to forehead, witnesses to rise and fall of chest and ever expanding wings.” ~ Jaime Mathis, “Blood Blister,” It Rises and Falls Those angels making love before the fall,...
by phillipw | May 9, 2020 | LU, PA
Stronger than a Scimitar-like Serenade His words spread there across my senses, red Across my hearing like a scarlet sheet Of lightning, red across the thorn sliced head Of Jesus, redder than his blood on feet Oozed out from spikes. The words spread out there in My...
by phillipw | May 7, 2020 | PA
Passionless Cut The bitterest things are clear. I can see right Through you. The empty bed is just as clear As you are. Cyanide is pure and white, More pure than bed sheets, even empty sheer Ones, those unstained by absence. Stains are what You have not left in...
by phillipw | May 7, 2020 | BO, DR, JO, LA, PA, PH, WE, WH, WI
Recurring, Not Forgotten Florida Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The childhood cosmos that returns in dreams Is full of butter suns, smooth, yellow, bright. The light is not like melting candy creams...
by phillipw | May 6, 2020 | GO, PA, TR
Only Paradox is Universally True The cosmos touches me and I know love And also it is more the other way Around. The highest heaven far above And God’s foundations join as one. A May Of charity expresses one long truth That matters. When that spring explodes inside...
by phillipw | May 6, 2020 | AL, PA, PE, PR, RO, SE
Zip, Zap, Slap Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem That oops-ish, Oh My Gosh-ish feeling comes https://www.bwpawards.org/winners2017#&gid=1&pid=1 Sometimes, yes even to an amphipod It seems. The...
