by phillipw | Mar 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Mind’s Rule Says There Is No . . . The rain of yesterday stalks up my soul Though that is quite impossible because I do not harbor one. No, no-one stole It, not a devil or a god whose laws Forbid such theft. I simply never had A soul. I’m not from ectoplasm of...
by phillipw | Mar 4, 2025 | CH, DO, JE, PU, TR, Uncategorized, VL
Gog and Magog to the Fray Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Great deceiver of the world” ~ A. Cleveland Coxe The prophets never thought about the chance That Armaggedon could be caused by...
by phillipw | Mar 2, 2025 | BI, LI, LO, Uncategorized
In the British Library and Later He spends his life among the books, the great Ones, yes, of course. He reads about men’s love, Of Lancelot for Guenevere, and hate When men love men. He asks himself, “When’s love If men love men and...
by phillipw | Mar 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
Fake Views a la Oedipus America is throbbing with those who Have thrown away the truth, have stabbed their eyes Out. Misery of coveting shoots through What used to be their heartblood. They breathe lies And when they do not get enough, a mouth Produces...
by phillipw | Mar 1, 2025 | BO, GA, GU, Ho, Uncategorized
Awe, the Akkadians, and Two Men in Love Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Loch Awe, embraced by Scottish hills alone, Lies long beneath the troubles caused by wind, Perhaps of troubled hearts. The cairns...
by phillipw | Feb 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
Living Love I’m tired of poetry about the lack of love, How one man loves and someone fails to gasp In holiness of height’s devotion of A hoping heart and does not reach to clasp The sacrament on offer. Incense tries To send the...