by phillipw | Oct 16, 2024 | AC, PA
Joy in Sameness, Difference, Acetyline Smokelessness Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The poetries of life, the poetries In life (if such things do exist) remain Forever, even, much the same. Degrees Of...
by phillipw | Oct 13, 2024 | PA
Farther Than an Undetected Star, but . . . Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We know that nothing can be further from Us, further than the past. The past is gone Much farther than orations from the dumb....
by phillipw | Aug 26, 2024 | PA, Uncategorized
Paradox of Coleridge’s Liberty “the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.” ~Coleridge, “Kubla Khan” “Art submits itself to law in order that freedom may be brought out by contrast.” ~...
by phillipw | Jul 17, 2024 | PA, PS, SA
Psittacines Epiphany Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemp orar Doug Janson, Wikicommons Truth finds itself, if found, in one small patch Of fur or feathers. God or Zen resides In one small creature. Faiths attempt to scratch...
by phillipw | Jul 13, 2024 | CH, PA, PU, RU, UK, VL
With the Blessing of Patriarch Kirill Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Sounds strike together. Sirens send their screams To shrill their way beside, around and through The mothers and their children...
by phillipw | Jul 7, 2024 | CA, DE, OX, PA, PR
Shade The quiet, silent things send echoes through Each other. Rosebush leaves above the tom That naps beneath them are more quiet, strew Their silence down, reverberating calm On nearly silent breathing through his two Pink nostrils held by...
