by phillipw | Sep 10, 2025 | PA, PH, ST
Self Fraud Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The Stoics, who believed in logic yet Believed in fate, were stupid, plainly. Fate Cannot be proved by logic. They could sweat Forever in...
by phillipw | Jul 21, 2025 | FR, NI, PH, PL
A Deaf Man Eavesdropping ~ a phrase from R. H. Blyth Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Since Plato was a deaf man eavesdropping, We do not have to pay attention to That man. Philosophy went out shopping...
by phillipw | Jul 19, 2025 | FI, LU, MO, PH, WI
Credo Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We spit at heaven and the spit falls back And hits us in our eyes, though gobs of it Don’t blind us. Calicos inside a sack Will...
by phillipw | Jul 11, 2025 | LO, PH, RO, Uncategorized
That Moment When You Fell in Love with Him or Her Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Whole years that fall away from memory float Out past to endless space and whether down Or up they move, they go to...
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 | May 29, 2025 | DU, PH
Enlightenment from Siddhartha and the Others Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Know first yourself. Then, thus, the classics come. They come from in you. They are there inside Your deeps. As...