by phillipw | Apr 19, 2020 | DI, GO, TR
Bow Down Thine Ear Gods used to be transcendent, far beyond, Above, away, unreachable on cliffs Too high to scale. We, humans, were so fond That we imagined Gods behind white whiffs Of mists in sacred precincts set aside By...
by phillipw | Apr 15, 2020 | BI, SP, TR
He Might As Well Have Written Obscure Poetry So Socrates believes not just that Soul exists But is bipartite and tripartite, both. He postulates a mixed up nature. He twists And turns, an ancient Greek as mental sloth, Since this is contradictory at worst And badly...
by phillipw | Apr 13, 2020 | DO, TR
TORToise President He bestrides the world like a colossal tortoise When everything he touches turns to mould, You know there’s something very, very wrong. His gold-like wife has sold herself for gold, Though, yes, we could have known it all along— That she’s not...
by phillipw | Apr 3, 2020 | TR, Uncategorized
Trump Disregard That man who dominates the TV screen Can dominate the world. Cool Hollywood Stars manage much less power. They’re far less seen Than TV guys or even Bollywood Stars. Real reality is not as strong As highly rated reality shows. Charisma in...
by phillipw | Mar 31, 2020 | PE, TR, VE
Colors Truer than Truth Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Not veiled and partly veiled, completely veiled, The peonies are like a perfect prayer, Perhaps one to the Trinity. Exhaled In reverence the...
by phillipw | Mar 31, 2020 | PE, TR
God, the Father, is Different from his Son and the Holy Ghost Two peonies, a couple, side by side, One larger, lighter (that’s except its heart), The other made of heartbreak in its wide And darker oval, beauty like a dart To harm us, both are perfect in their...
