by phillipw | Apr 3, 2025 | EX, PL
Pitiful Pluto We used to think that Pluto was the far, Far, farthest planet of them all. Today We know from telescopes that distant star And distant star have planets as their prey That cannot ever find escape. These spheres, These exoplanets might...
by phillipw | Apr 2, 2025 | bj, CO, FE, OR
Ambiflexual S/he licked the black hot dew from Jorge’s pits. He winced with warlock thrill inside his shaft, Especially its head. S/he pinched his tits, First right, then left. S/he felt the pulsing of the haft That held that head...
by phillipw | Apr 2, 2025 | AS
James Webb and Hubble Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The far-sight telescopes, like Allah’s eye, Search out the cosmos. Distant, distant things Come into focus. They then falsify The ancient...
by phillipw | Mar 30, 2025 | DR, OE, SU, UN
Inside Our Brains and Otherwise Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We lie in darkness with our souls agog, The midnight hours and those beyond, until We wake to ho hum stuff. We rise as mog And not as...
by phillipw | Mar 30, 2025 | CA, ME, TR
A Life As Though on Vellum Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem His life was filled with little monsters, not Much more, not cancer and no earthquake, no War. Monsters for this man were no more fraught With...
by phillipw | Mar 28, 2025 | TR
Those Who Speak Correctly Are Excommunicated Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The editors bring out the silence since They blow off beauty. And, yet, even worse They publish anti-beauty more like mince...
by phillipw | Mar 27, 2025 | AN
Hemlock Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The trees refuse to speak. At least they do Not speak our languages. Akkadian And Latin are rejected. As a clue They give us rings. Trees,...
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...
