by phillipw | Dec 11, 2025 | BL, MY, WI
Reach Out and Touch The mystic cites a grain of sand. He means An emerald, cut, belonging to the New Jerusalem, implying all the greens That Christ created. Though the mystic knew Of sapphires and of diamonds, he chose To mean not blue; not purest of clarity; But...
by phillipw | Nov 28, 2025 | BL, Uncategorized, WI
Auguries of Sinnocence Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Hold on to grains of sand (through microscopes Or otherwise). Hold on to little things Because they are — and not mere mystic tropes In seers’...
by phillipw | Oct 23, 2025 | AU, DI, DO, EV, WI
Siniquity The cleansing of the temple and the deaths Of Ananias and Sapphira failed To scrub the world of all its worst bad breaths. Along came Donald tRUMP—and Hitler sailed To power. Pol Pot and Stalin rose to heights Of depths. Queen Mary burned the...
by phillipw | Jul 19, 2025 | FI, LU, MO, PH, WI
Credo Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We spit at heaven and the spit falls back And hits us in our eyes, though gobs of it Don’t blind us. Calicos inside a sack Will...
by phillipw | Jul 7, 2025 | BA, HE, SE, WI, WO
Annette Vallon, Romantic Poetry and Heterosexuality Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “And ’tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes.” ~ William Wordsworth, “Lines Written in Early...
by phillipw | Jun 1, 2025 | KN, PH, RE, SE, Uncategorized, WI
Behold, I Give You One COMMANDMENT* LOVE FIRST THYSELF. Forget about the love Of God and others; thinkers everywhere Have reached this one conclusion. Far above Religions, which are every one a snare, Decry this love. This first rule first implies, As streams...
