by phillipw | Jun 7, 2026 | CO, PA, RE
“hell, nor am I out of it” Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Your yesteryears are not old embers, coals Imperial topaz in their blaze but now Are ashes, diamonds burnt by fire, are souls Reduced in...
by phillipw | Jun 3, 2026 | FA, IM, PO, RE, TR
Multiplicity like Unimaginable Complexity in Vision Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Because you feel that you own prophecy Does not mean that the title and the deed Are signed. Pure poetry demands a fee...
by phillipw | Jun 1, 2026 | BL, FA, RE
Shuttered Eyes in Billions Most people love the fictions from their youth Much more than factuality. They love Those fictions much, much more than manful truth. They hold divinity, as taught, above True common sense and truest science. Faiths Around the world all...
by phillipw | May 21, 2026 | AN, DE, DI, GO, RE
Pilgrims at Terror Creek “There is no effort on my brow, I do not strive,* I do not weep; I rush with the swift spheres and glow In joy, and when I will, I sleep.” ~ Matthew Arnold [speaking in the voice of Nature], Mortality Decaffeinated nature...
by phillipw | May 10, 2026 | PR, RE
The Lipless Mask Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Unspoken and unspeakable it comes, The answer, though no question has been asked. The deepest, pre-dawn half-light answer thrums Unspeakably. Religions...
by phillipw | Apr 10, 2026 | PH, RE, SA
Clear Blue and Clear White Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “from everywhere, from nowhere” ~R. H. Blyth Sometimes it seems the universe is clear In what it says. A daybreak comes in blue Of almost...
