by phillipw | Feb 26, 2026 | CH, ST, Uncategorized
Cut Down Trees Before God Cut Him Down with Lightning Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Weeping Cherry” (on heartwood) by Charles Randall Stanfield He cut down trees. He chopped off limbs. He...
by phillipw | Feb 4, 2026 | CH, LO, RO, ST
Purgatory or Hell Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When I am dead, I want to be a hot, Hot, hotter kind of smoke, the hottest smoke A ghost can be. I want this smoke, and not, For only you. I want to...
by phillipw | Feb 4, 2026 | CH, ST
Feral Nature and Feral God Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem And God smote him ~ 2 Samuel 6:7 Two things of beauty smashed by lighting, split From life, are proof that God does not exist. The tree was...
by phillipw | Jan 31, 2026 | AU, DE, DI, ST
The Golden Bastardized Egg The brutal colors of the Nazi folk Are now repeated much around the world. Their grey and black and brown are like the yolk In black Beelzebub’s brown egg that’s swirled With Satan’s semen. Echoes of the Reich sound Reverberate in Europe...
by phillipw | Jan 30, 2026 | CH, SH, ST, Uncategorized
Jesus and I Lose Him in the Fumes that Rise above the River Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When I looked around Over my shoulder, the man Was lost in his mist. ~ Shiki [Englished by Phillip Whidden] He...
by phillipw | Jan 28, 2026 | ST
Temple Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The purpose of a temple is to hide The god. It does this by its splendor, height And ogival stone arches. These forms guide The eyes away from spirit. ...