by phillipw | Jan 16, 2026 | AU, WI
Grown Up Woodrow Sitting in One of the Chairs for Elders in the Ridiculous Excuse for a Sanctuary in Brevard County Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Reverence my sanctuary” We wonder how he felt, that...
by phillipw | Dec 26, 2025 | AU, BL, WI
Reduced to Perfect Expansion — Grammar for Mystics Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem It’s quite a trap, you know, this seeing of The universe contained within a grain Of sand, the sending of a thought above...
by phillipw | Dec 12, 2025 | MA, WI
Told by an Idiot . . . Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem And signifying nothing; . . .but . . . so what? So what if that is true? Remember, though, The villain mouthing that. He is a butt At best, a...
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...
