by phillipw | Dec 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
Supposedly Mute Swans Sing Only When They Court Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem In nature hymnal words are absent, no Necessity for them in wildebeests. No piety is needed. Creatures know Their niches. ...
by phillipw | Dec 4, 2023 | GO, MY
Gautama and Māra Iniquity is starlight in the wrong Location or the purest atom gone Awry, a darkroom with a delving song Of light inside it, thinking in its dawn. The sin is not the light itself. Its height Is not the evil, black the background not Its...
by phillipw | Dec 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
Ho Ho (Hum) Seven As boring as an alto’s pulsing throat (Or tenor’s) singing Schumann lieder, or “Four Seasons” on your phone, an anecdote Your uncle has retold ten times before, A James Yawned movie comes around again. They’re all the same, same...
by phillipw | Nov 30, 2023 | MO
Bound No dirty atom or electron can Exist. No dirty god can reign supreme Since that would not be deity. A man Cuts off another person’s leg. Does gleam Of goodness come from that, or bad Come pulsing from it? What if he has cut It as...
by phillipw | Nov 30, 2023 | FL, HA, IS, MA
Palestine Protesters in Perspective Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem In Michigan an X-er in one town Is all upset because an Xmas band Is drowned out by a protest. One cold frown Is sent across The...
by phillipw | Nov 26, 2023 | IN, LO, UN, Uncategorized
Lunar Martyr Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He thought of just this one, this one, this one — Again — Again — AGAIN — as if insane With love, or something, powerfully as a gun That blasts away...
by phillipw | Nov 24, 2023 | LO, RO, YA
Genesis 1:2-3 Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When losses rise, not anything can fill The void excepting you. The paradox Resulting from these losings makes...
by phillipw | Nov 12, 2023 | AB, GA, LO, RO
Alchemy’s Golden Paradox in Heaven’s Streets of Transparent Gold Love, I am full of lead. ~ Antony in Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, III.11.76 His heart was made of lead, its poison, weight And darkness till he met the one, that one Who mattered only, only,...
