by phillipw | Dec 3, 2025 | CA, DR, PR
Twitching Paws Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Cats walk on paws made up of velvet, silk And fur’s mink touch. The velvet and the mink Mean violence since lions and their ilk Walk also on such...
by phillipw | Nov 27, 2025 | PR, TR
Profiles in Pusillanimity “God will not have his work made manifest by cowards.” ~ Emerson, “Self-reliance” It used to be that we had Senators And Congressmen and women. Now that’s changed. In decent times we had progenitors Who gave us heroes. Now we are...
by phillipw | Sep 14, 2025 | CA, LA, PR, Uncategorized
Poetry Encompassed by Wonder Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A poem is a cave-wall painting made With flame-lit, fuming words. The smoking torch Is needed. When a poem does not fade, This means that...
by phillipw | Sep 13, 2025 | DE, DO, FA, PR, Uncategorized
Oversight Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Let’s face it: each man lives according to His nature, be it good or evil — both — Whatever. Dracula puts stakes straight through, Down...
by phillipw | Aug 23, 2025 | AS, FO, PR, SA, Uncategorized
It Is as If Giotto Knows the Utter Truth “A man becomes a monk and after several years he gets satori, but what has happened to his common sense? Without common sense it is impossible to please God.” R. H. Blyth, vol. 5, p. 21 There’s ignorance and then...
by phillipw | Apr 14, 2025 | CA, PR, SE
The Freeze-dried Tale His heart is like a freeze-dried cherry in A box of cereal for lovers to Devour, as accidentally in sin Between the sheets, as casually they chew Him, breakfast in his bed. He nourishes Their greediness for cherry-ness in flesh. For him their...
