by phillipw | Aug 26, 2025 | AN, JA
Esthetic as Emetic Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem In general the tasteless in the land (And all lands) much prefer the sheen of gloss, The slickness and the gildedness, the grand And overblown...
by phillipw | Aug 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
“Simplify, simplify” ~ Henry David Thoreau, Walden Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Does Christ have orchids in his living room— And roses, red in tea variety, A vase of Birds of Paradise to loom Where...
by phillipw | Aug 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
“ere the mist/ Had altogether yielded to the sun” ~ William Wordsworth Some poets want a haze on Scalfell scenes And mist that lingers on a death-hued tarn. These writers think that distant history cleans Our Tuesday tedium. A rhyming yarn Is best if it shows ancient...
by phillipw | Aug 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Ancient Wisdom Long Lost In ancient Egypt thinkers got it right. They separated people from the gods. The people were not given any sight Of sanctum goddesses. The sweaty squads Of humans had to stay outside and guess What happened in the pillared space. The...
by phillipw | Aug 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Off Guard Education The secrets we were never told, these make Us, slyly. Parents held the secrets back For cleaving reasons. This may cause an ache, Mild fevers in the bones, this silent lack. The words our teachers and our lovers held Inside their...
by phillipw | Aug 23, 2025 | AS, FO, PR, SA, Uncategorized
It Is as If Giotto Knows the Utter Truth “A man becomes a monk and after several years he gets satori, but what has happened to his common sense? Without common sense it is impossible to please God.” R. H. Blyth, vol. 5, p. 21 There’s ignorance and then...
by phillipw | Aug 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
Two Sides of a Parallelogram Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Both death and love are timeless and they both Are part of timelessness—eternity, Inside the universe no older growth Except for life, but...
by phillipw | Aug 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
Sentimental Scales Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “there fell from his eyes as it had been scales” Acts 9:18 The deepest state is not political. The ocean state is universal, real As...
