by phillipw | Feb 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
A Hike to the Ultimate Nowhere Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He walks alone along the “path,” well, route Since it is he who chooses how to make His way among the stones as if a scout To emptinesses...
by phillipw | Feb 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
Acetylene the Eyes Are Hell in Heaven Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Jim wonders if they see the two as one, One beauty. Blondness beauty sits beside Him in the café light on M Street, sun And gold this...
by phillipw | Feb 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
Clash of Slumbers Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When he had finished sleeping in a stew Of nightmares, in a spider’s web of dreams The Id imposed, or soup of silk with glue To grasp and grip him in a...
by phillipw | Feb 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
Texts and Pretexts Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The Hindus, like the other faithful fools, Deny that death is death. It only seems. It seems like deserts’ quavering, mirror pools. Mirages, waver; that...
by phillipw | Feb 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Fleshy Column of Nakedness “The bedclothes like the curtain torn from top to bottom in the temple by Michael’s hand and stained with his sweat” No question could have brought him forward to Attention of them — and no answer might. The greater gods look out with...
by phillipw | Feb 10, 2026 | AL, CA, LA, PA, SH, Uncategorized
Topsy-Turvey Mumblings of Deities Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When you are near enough to God, your Your true identity is scraped as if Divine A.I. is scanning you, one pure, Most wise identity, each...
