by phillipw | Oct 18, 2023 | CE, CH, OC, SQ
Single-hearted like Humans Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem chambered nautilus images – Bing images Jeremiah 17:9 The chambered nautilus unlike its kin, The octopus and squid, has just one...
by phillipw | May 2, 2022 | OC, PO
West and East Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The best of western poetry brings stabs Of truth and recognition to the lung And heart. Those lines do not bring hardened scabs,...
by phillipw | May 2, 2022 | AN, OC, SE
Unchangingly Changing Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The sea, though always kind and cruel, both, Is never kind or cruel, but the sea. At once both kind and cruel, not, its oath Will be,...
by phillipw | Mar 26, 2021 | AU, FA, NO, OC, OX, PA, SE
Perfect Paradoxes, October’s Oxymorons The point of fall is melancholy joy. The oranges, yellows, and the reds are breaths Of autumn but in parallel destroy. Their bright solemnity a trillion deaths Entails. The oranges are calmly rife With gorgeouness of gloom. ...
by phillipw | May 14, 2020 | GR, MI, OC, TH, WI
The Second Great Discombobulation Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Put on your robes. Ascension comes, is nigh. The final time of Judgment’s mighty power Is looming. Turn your eyes towards the sky....
by phillipw | Jan 3, 2020 | OC, SE
The Sea Spreads Out Her Skirt “But the sea, the sea in darkness calls” The sea spreads out her skirt of corduroy Silk. Saltiness and plushness made of wet Lush velvet rise up when she clasps the joy Of storms. Although she knows to play coquette At...