by phillipw | Oct 21, 2025 | PO, SI
Fish Hauled in as Galaxies Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A poem casts its net, spreads wide across Much more than sea, across the oceans, wide Across the cosmos, snags the Southern Cross And nebulae,...
by phillipw | Aug 27, 2025 | SE, SI, Uncategorized
How to Live Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Aunt Wilma knew the way to live. The East (Japan and China, India) she wore Inside and out. She lived hwe life as feast Or rape, imbibing...
by phillipw | Jan 31, 2025 | FR, SI
Disappearing Dreams and AK-47 Daydreams Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Forgetting most, he searches in between His dreams and in between his other dreams, His daydreams. Dreams are more like toluene...
by phillipw | Jan 27, 2025 | OW, SA, SI
Gaslighting Battalions Followed by Fact When poets are involved in war, they take Their stances separately, not set as corps Like soldiers in platoons. To undertake Their poet duty, each perceives the war From different angles. Some, among the first, Are those who...
by phillipw | Sep 18, 2024 | LA, SI
Outside the Realm of Words Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Words after all,” he said, “are only words ; And I have heard so many in these few days ...
by phillipw | May 31, 2024 | AM, GA, PE, SI, TW
Wintke and Witkówiŋ “The term wíŋtke refers to men who partook in traditional feminine duties while the term witkówiŋ (“crazy woman”) was used for women who rejected their roles as either mother or wife to be a prostitute.” ~ Article about Sioux...