by phillipw | Apr 13, 2026 | OX, PA, SY
Ultimate Black Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The water’s sound turns black – more dark – black, black, The black of night before the thought of stars Occurred, the dark before all light,...
by phillipw | Mar 14, 2026 | SY
Symbolism as Xenon in the Troposphere Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Our symbols are far lighter than the air They live in just as hydrogen must float Above it when in bright balloons — and prayer Must...
by phillipw | Mar 14, 2026 | CA, MA, MO, RO, SU, SY
Presiding Higher than Priesthood Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If you could be a purple pinion’s prayer, What words and incantations would you sing, What syllables would lift you into air Beyond — where...
by phillipw | Jan 30, 2026 | PA, SY
Salvific Interdictions Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When colors are not colors but are notes And notes are not the pitches of a song; When shadows are not specters wearing coats Of transubstantiation...
by phillipw | Nov 10, 2025 | SY, Uncategorized
Delicate Neon ⁷ He never saw gray eyes though they are sung In praise. Telemachus’ and wisdom’s eyes, Athena’s, Homer chanted from his tongue Yet reverenced. Ancient lines, still, alchemize The silver grays, presenting them as facts Of...
by phillipw | Jan 14, 2025 | SY
In a Glass of Absinthe Mixed with Trojan Blood Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The oldest Homer, blind or not, might see That caves of poetry are where the dark And torches, wavering with black, agree....
