by phillipw | Aug 19, 2022 | CA, DO, DR, SL
Unleaping He lies there in a leap, or so it seems. He lies there on the bed as if propelled In hunting. Maybe in his twitching dreams He saw a mouse or bird and felt compelled To grasp it in those whitest sleepy paws Though in a dream they couldn’t...
by phillipw | Aug 8, 2022 | AE, BE, ES, PR
Yearnings White clouds are lovelier or much more bright Than high blue domes. The sky above them both, And clouds and Orthodox cathedral, write A trinity of beauty, God’s own oath. A prayer for monks to chant these three compete. A shape of...
by phillipw | Aug 7, 2022 | PO, SE
Platonic Sweat Only, Please Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem You thought that poets do not have plain sweat In armpits, or in crotch . . . or on the chest. Admit it. Poets shouldn’t have a wet...
by phillipw | Aug 6, 2022 | EL, FE, JO, SM, WH
Godly Stones Crying Out “to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness” Leviticus 16:10 The prophet’s tongue is loose. It waggles, this Direction, that. It solemnizes truth, Then censures it. It gives Jehovah’s kiss But then his condemnation. God...
by phillipw | Aug 2, 2022 | LO, UN
My heart became like smoke or Saturn’s air, A heart that wind can pass through made of mist. My heart took on this life, a demon’s prayer, As dead as that, a glowing demon’s fist. My heart sailed out to find a little ait Where sheep were...
by phillipw | Aug 2, 2022 | LO, UN
The Pole Religion of Lustred Love Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem It blew straight through his bones like snow through air, Antarctic night. He thought that it was warm Or even hot like black...
by phillipw | Jul 31, 2022 | Uncategorized
Wide-eyed Fur among the Roses A spoiled westerner decided he Would have a restaurant meal delivered to His home, a spicy Indian one with ghee Or maybe just a pizza baked with goo All over it. A speeding senseless van Ate up the street and killed my Bene,...
by phillipw | Jul 31, 2022 | Uncategorized
We Break the Law Together We break the law together for the sake Of beauty. Beauty turns our sin to love. The love is sacred and is full of ache And space, yes constellations far above Mere moons and decalogues. We break the law Because the body and the soul...
