by phillipw | Aug 6, 2025 | AS, DN, MY, SA, TI, Uncategorized
The Lightning of Sinai and the Thundering Silence Under the Bodhi Tree Belong Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemp orary poem No dark divides the union of the world With man and woman. Separation sighs Away upon...
by phillipw | Aug 5, 2025 | CO, Uncategorized
The Pose of Truth If you desire some meaning for your life, Turn back to ancient Athens’ arts. Don’t seek for meaning in a man or wife. Don’t search for teachings in your children’s hearts. Explore through history all you want, and waste Your years...
by phillipw | Aug 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
Squirmament of Oddities “See, see where Christ’s blood streams in the firmament! One drop of it would save my soul, half a drop, my Christ! ~ Faustus in Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus The unenlightened man sees blood across The stars and cries to non-existent...
by phillipw | Aug 4, 2025 | GR, HE
B.C. Polyclitus and Praxiteles Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Thou art a man, God is no more, Learn thy own Humanity to adore.” ~ William Blake The Greeks were onto it before the Christ Appeared. ...
by phillipw | Aug 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
Ne Plus Ultra Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem You might well say that Truth (whatever), Zen, (Whatever), spoils those things you care about. More likely it is women, husbands, men (Who...
by phillipw | Aug 3, 2025 | AE, ES
“benignant severity of Giotto” ~ R. H. Blyth For Jamie Whidden A poet looks at life benignly though Ferocious through the tigers’ eyes. So blue In white ones, they are yellow, amber, foe Of innocence in orange ones. Only true Roars are allowed. Judas kisses Christ....
by phillipw | Aug 2, 2025 | LE, LO, MA, PA, SH, WH
Shiva Mahadeva Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The warrior, Mahadeva, holds his love Upon his thighs, and nearby on a pond The lotuses bloom, pink. Nearby, above Them in a Hindu heaven space,...
by phillipw | Aug 1, 2025 | DR, HE, NI, PS, SL
The Disinfected Gallery of the Therapied Brain Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem So clear and yet ambiguous the scene Holds more — a haunting on the canvas, ghost As moon predicting death, the muzzle keen...
