by phillipw | Aug 31, 2026 | SU
Dracula Eating Lunch with Victims Impaled around his Feast; a Hairshirt on a Evening Martyr; Murderer’s Garotte in Darkened Alleys; a Postulant’s Pure Innocence the Color of Unopened Morning Pearls Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse...
by phillipw | Aug 31, 2026 | AN, PH
Plato as Hedonist Philanderer Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “The light in the cavern is daylight, not fire.” ~ Iris Murdoch, The Sea, the Sea The problem is the lack of daylight, not The shadows. If the...
by phillipw | Aug 31, 2026 | CH, DE, LO, PA, ST
Liquid Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “The light in the cavern is daylight, not fire.” ~ Iris Murdoch, The Sea, the Sea Your loved one’s body, now destroyed by fire And lightning, cannot open as a ghost...
by phillipw | Aug 31, 2026 | BU, CE, CH, MI
Silent in Their Silver Sleepless Chambers Military Parade as Palaces Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Their castles in a row wait underground. When men sign up, they thought that they were kings And...
by phillipw | Aug 31, 2026 | AM, FR, IN, JU, PO, SU, UN
Conclusionless Moments Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A present that does not contain the past And future weights as falsity, a rose Of toilet paper. Time contains a vast Uncertainty if prophecy lacks...
by phillipw | Aug 31, 2026 | CH, CR, DE, FA, RE
Needy Need as Doctrine “By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.” ~ Psalm 33:6 Imagine if you couldn’t think, as free As God, the classic God of Christian thought, As if there weren’t the high...
by phillipw | Aug 30, 2026 | MO
Mucus as Music Or Purgatorio Transposed to Torture Only Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Response to Thomas Adès “Purgatorio” When music has been mashed to noises made As only ugly sounds, yes, almost all...
by phillipw | Aug 30, 2026 | DO, FA, IM, RE, SO
Choking on Untruth Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty! Although the holy ones insist that we Extend beyond our bodies and mere time, That we have SOULS and...
