by phillipw | Aug 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
No Shield The loading of a soul that goes to death, Goes down to death with sewage burdens, weight Of stuff like guilt, is far too like Macbeth Crushed down in evil, but some souls have hate Enough held hard against their shoulders, hearts...
by phillipw | Aug 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
Mozart K. 515 Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem It is as if he died before he wrote His string quintets. What evil killed his heart We cannot know that they all bloat With not just life...
by phillipw | Aug 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
Higher Still Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If Zen means moving while yet standing still Or standing still while moving, most of us Have tried to hard to make the standing fill It, make...
by phillipw | Aug 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
Fore! God lived in stasis, and eternity, Perfection trebled and at once was One, One triple love in its supernity. One Thrice was all before there burned a sun, Or nebulae, or galaxies of stars Uncountable, all waiting in That Mind, All moving and...
by phillipw | Aug 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
From Age to Age Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The warrior sees the beetle turned up wrong And struggling. Spit-shine boot is used to turn The six legs right; though not exactly song Of...
by phillipw | Aug 6, 2025 | AS, DN, MY, SA, TI, Uncategorized
The Lightning of Sinai and the Thundering Silence Under the Bodhi Tree Belong Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemp orary poem No dark divides the union of the world With man and woman. Separation sighs Away upon...
by phillipw | Aug 5, 2025 | CO, Uncategorized
The Pose of Truth If you desire some meaning for your life, Turn back to ancient Athens’ arts. Don’t seek for meaning in a man or wife. Don’t search for teachings in your children’s hearts. Explore through history all you want, and waste Your years...
by phillipw | Aug 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
Squirmament of Oddities “See, see where Christ’s blood streams in the firmament! One drop of it would save my soul, half a drop, my Christ! ~ Faustus in Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus The unenlightened man sees blood across The stars and cries to non-existent...
