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 23, 2025 | RE, TR, Uncategorized
Confessions and Opium Cheaters Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The truth at last is what we always knew. Religions, riff raff earnestness, have tried To obfuscate that truth. Their priestly crew...
by phillipw | May 13, 2025 | RE, TR
Invisible Gold The temple built on what is missing, pure For that, is holier than marble. Priests Would hide the structure if they knew for sure That it would clarify. Daniel’s beasts Are far too concrete. They must not be shown Except in...
by phillipw | Apr 20, 2025 | FA, MA, MI, RE, SE
Masculine Modalities A young man loitering is seen by guys Who pass nearby. A single one pulls close Inside his Mustang . . . loitering one sees eyes Consuming him. The younger one feels gross And turns his face away. Four other men In uniforms approach...
by phillipw | Apr 16, 2025 | CH, Ho, RE, RO, SE
Semana Santa in Sevilla Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Flamenco singing calls for death to come. Death lives forever, stubborn, in Seville. In Holy Week the living, nearly numb From saints and...
by phillipw | Mar 21, 2025 | RE
After Fasting Forty Eons in Religions’ Wilderness Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The time for certain songs is past for most Of us. While having ripened, we have lost The need for certainty. We cannot...
