by phillipw | Apr 11, 2026 | BA, RO, Uncategorized, WI, YE
“from everywhere, from nowhere” ~ R. H. Blyth Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I hand the cosmos over to your heart And hand. Why not? I do not have the power To give it to you, but because pure heart...
by phillipw | Mar 27, 2025 | AN, OL, TR, YE
Wordlessness Allied with Pontius Pilate Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Fortingall Yew High priests of ancient wisdom keep your tongues In silence always. (Winds may make some sound Among your...
by phillipw | Mar 11, 2025 | BR, CY, PI, SE, TR, YE
Stoics Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The ancient trees teach manliness, the way It lives and means. Sequoia and yew And cypress show rigidity but sway Enough. They say their roots...
by phillipw | Jan 30, 2022 | DE, HA, YE
Poisonous Poetry The shell of the cicada; It, scraping, caroled itself Utterly away. ~ Bashō Mourning over its Dead body, over its shell; The cicada’s voice. ~ Yayu When I am just a heavy shell-like thing Awaiting worms and dessication, will...
by phillipw | Oct 20, 2021 | BR, GA, RU, WI, YE, ZE
“Almost Ludicrously Beautiful” “His looks were stunning – it is the only appropriate adjective.” ~ Leonard Woolf “the handsomest young man in England” ~ W. B.Yeats “He [Ganymede] was regarded as the most beautiful human on earth, male or female.” ~...
by phillipw | Jul 4, 2021 | SE, YE
Eritis Sicut Deus You shall be as God. ~ Genesis 3:5 The second of the two big lies is this. They both are spoken to us daily dressed In slime. The two are spoken with a hiss That tastes of drugs. We swallow both with zest, Slime making each as easy...
