by phillipw | Jun 14, 2026 | EX, PO, RH, SC, WI, WO
Not Bees that Soar for Bloom, Not Furness-fells Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A truly awkward “poem” in its beat And awkward wording, dwarf with broken bones, Is how these lines lead onward to defeat Of...
by phillipw | May 15, 2026 | SC
Miss Nills Whose Life Was Too Long Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Her life was neither short nor was it long. She wasted it as fungi scatter spores, In tiny nothings spewed. This meant her song Was...
by phillipw | Feb 15, 2026 | PA, SC, TR
The Several Are One Scam Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Two, you and I, are both too straight in mind To think like Buddha in the Eastern way, Conflating opposites as one. We blind Ones, Westerners,...
by phillipw | Jan 26, 2026 | AL, DI, IG, KN, SC, TH
The Crannied Wall Without God Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The sun would scorch, but what if there is no One there to suffer? Sunsets stun away The light, yet what if no one sees that glow? Electron...
by phillipw | Jan 7, 2026 | RE, SC, SK
Darwinian Religiosity My ecumenical cynicism Is broad religion. It does not need pope Or prophet. Faiths scream cram-filled with schism, Schism, SCHISM already, killing hope Of any certainty. Among the scree Of rocks and detritus a little bloom May come, or,...
by phillipw | Dec 1, 2025 | IA, RO, SC
“The lunatic, the lover and the poet” Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The iambs run berserk in Shakespeare when He deals with madmen, lovers, poets crammed Together in one line. He knows that men, Poor...
