by phillipw | Aug 4, 2025 | GR, HE
B.C. Polyclitus and Praxiteles Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Thou art a man, God is no more, Learn thy own Humanity to adore.” ~ William Blake The Greeks were onto it before the Christ Appeared. ...
by phillipw | Aug 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
Ne Plus Ultra Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem You might well say that Truth (whatever), Zen, (Whatever), spoils those things you care about. More likely it is women, husbands, men (Who...
by phillipw | Aug 3, 2025 | AE, ES
“benignant severity of Giotto” ~ R. H. Blyth For Jamie Whidden A poet looks at life benignly though Ferocious through the tigers’ eyes. So blue In white ones, they are yellow, amber, foe Of innocence in orange ones. Only true Roars are allowed. Judas kisses Christ....
by phillipw | Aug 2, 2025 | LE, LO, MA, PA, SH, WH
Shiva Mahadeva Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The warrior, Mahadeva, holds his love Upon his thighs, and nearby on a pond The lotuses bloom, pink. Nearby, above Them in a Hindu heaven space,...
by phillipw | Aug 1, 2025 | DR, HE, NI, PS, SL
The Disinfected Gallery of the Therapied Brain Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem So clear and yet ambiguous the scene Holds more — a haunting on the canvas, ghost As moon predicting death, the muzzle keen...
by phillipw | Jul 31, 2025 | CL, FE, MA, SE
Lightening Up the Revelation Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Priests wonder if it’s easier for men To pitch themselves in mystic-ness since they Are swell acquainted with their thrusting when Whammed...
by phillipw | Jul 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Truth about Truth Who has a need for mysticism or For pantheism? Only weakest ones Require prayer’s mistiness and these are poor And needy. They ignore uncounted suns, Uncountable, in fact, and, close to home They seem to think that mystery succeeds...
by phillipw | Jul 29, 2025 | AN, DI
Pathetic Either Or and Cryogenics “Tomorrow I shall live (the fool will say); Today’s itself too late: the wise lived yesterday.” ~ Martial [T]he world is a monster. Any three-year-old can see how unsatisfactory and clumsy is this whole business of reproducing and...
