by phillipw | Oct 7, 2021 | CR
Silence in the Southern Hills The words forget reality as soon As they begin to form somewhere inside The brain. They start as thought that changes noon To mist, or weddings with a kidnapped bride. The words replace what they would leap to do. They grasp at...
by phillipw | Oct 5, 2021 | CO
He Once Had Coffee in a Little Container in Havana that Was so Thick a Spoon Might Have Stood Upright in the Cup Black coffee is delectable if you Can torture it enough. Add something sweet To start with. Then add more. Then add a slew Of it, perhaps in several...
by phillipw | Oct 4, 2021 | FO, PO, SO
Half a Thousand Years from Now Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “The harp that once through Tara’s halls” Messi and Neymar HUG Each Other After Argentina’s Win | Copa America...
by phillipw | Oct 3, 2021 | BU, FA, LE
Symmetry in Asymmetry The fawn Shakes off the butterfly And sleeps again. ~ Issa A sacred symmetry descends upon The drowsiness of spots, haphazard white, Set out on red brown pelt. The sleeping fawn Is wakened by the...
by phillipw | Oct 1, 2021 | CH, MI, RE, RO
Moving, Moving, Still The pilgrims on their way to Lourdes are just Like entomologists that chase fey things, Except the nets do capture perfect dust In patterned beauty on the wanton wings Symmetrical in color and in shape, Those doomed realities. The...
by phillipw | Oct 1, 2021 | RA
Replacing Beauty with Glamor Improvements are improvements and they’re not. The Silicon King Kongs hold us (Faye Ray) And from their heights they treat us all like snot. They say their next improvement will be way, Way better but like love of beastly Kong, It...
by phillipw | Sep 30, 2021 | LU
As If Mingled Throughout our Air Yet Distant, Distant, Distant Elusive as pale pulsing ghosts that hide In Gallino robes, stars’ glamour shifts From seeming to enchantment. Like a bride Suspended in a galaxy, glow lifts And levitates. The stars and starlets shine...
by phillipw | Sep 30, 2021 | DI, GA, JO, LU
As If Mingled Throughout our Air Yet Distant, Distant, Distant Elusive as pale pulsing ghosts that hide In Galliano robes, stars’ glamour shifts From seeming to enchantment. Like a bride Suspended in a galaxy, glow lifts And levitates. The stars and starlets...
