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PS: Your Poem a Week w/ Philippe Shils

​A poem and a picture weekly for a year.  #weeklypoemandpic

PS: SOCIAL MEDIA/BOOKS/BAND

Part 3.shipwrecksandscope

1/1/2021

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Picture
​Part 3.
shipwrecksandscope

I.
they cope
somehow
I imagine

them
coping
somewhere
across

the sea
with string
and a book

II.
howdo
the irish
cope
howdo
the swiss
cope

howdo
how do
howdo

III.
hey I call
from the
beach
hey I call
to your
beach
hey
heyhey
hey

IIII.
a galaxy
of sand

is a
stupid

way to
think

IIIII.
these tourists and their
fishsticks
these tourists and their
fishsticks
these turrets and their
gunsticks
these tourists and their
gunsticks

IIIIII.
it’s like
they have
robbed my
daughter
of of of

these
travelers
these
passers by

have taken
what’s hers
her food

that was
furnished
her so

I have
cursed
their
return
home

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Part 2. shipwrecksandbound

12/29/2020

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Picture
​Part 2. 
shipwrecksandbound

it snows once 
onhigh and 
waters the year

the tourist
blowhole 
wholesailinghere

over mydead 
the doubloons 
the disaster 

they a door 
tofish I pray 
to eat forayer 

tableau at which 
to sit to gorge
a witch 

prayed for our 
founder 
ing amyth 

a shipwreck the 
namesake as
a plague 

outoftowner 
I can’t hunt 
is a plague 

my beach is a 
plague the 
waves genteel 

gently ruin
my rest 
sightseer 

these visitors 
float over 
the rot the os 

ossifying holds 
of vessels 
they coff

as they chew on 
wreckage they 
unpoison 

myfish onlyfor 
their 
addiction

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Part 1.shipwrecktravelbrochure

12/20/2020

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Picture
Part 1.

shipwrecktravelbrochure

the shipbell
crows:
feast you on
feastyourson
who are you
to call me
content
who are you
to call
me please
mal
con

tent upon
white
sansandy
alit sanity items:
jewelry washed up
on shore no
bodies no wrist no neck
a bracelet hernecklace

ship wreckless
abundantdetritus craft
left behind only tosmoke
left behind smoke
althoughalthough
you were born wise
wiseand youryour
foolishness was
learned

leashed earned
lashed on to amast for
seven for sevenfor
seven to ten lean days
cooked by the stars

by the sea theshell the shores
the water past the nose
under the eyes the eyes
protected in the water
that’s inspire into ated

I have arranged tomeet toolate rid
of in the depths too late to drown
intotocall out the names
in rhymes the clanging hours
of the unfeted
thedrowned the drowned
thedrownedthedrowned

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Empathy

12/7/2020

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Picture

​Empathy

Three notes 
on a piano 
in slight 
variation all
night long. 
Three notes 
all night long. 
All night
long. 
All
night 
long. 
And then
all day 
listening.

#weeklypoemandpicplus

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53.primerealestate

12/1/2020

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Picture
53.
primerealestate

whitemarbel
foyer suitor
house tosale
whitemarble
allhail
white mabel
dwelled here
queened here

hadguns
hadatalent
for influence

earnest money only
honestly honey said
from her study

under high ceilings
for pondering a
wretch’s fate
the dismay
proportionate
to the rate the
rate the
rate of delay

what wasrendered
across studded
counter
offers tips tops
her sons name
the brute
at her side
the boot
converted
forceably

roomto grow
the business the
business of people
the steeple across

the face the road the
bridge of the nose
a casual nod from
white mabel and

this could be
yours apply
pressure
appliances
inclusive privilege
talk it

talk
it
over

white mabel
lived here and she
took good care
to keep her head

above the shit
above the endless
pleasure the pathetic

leisurely pursuits
I have papers
I have papers
I have papers
that you’ll sign

if you want
interest low
in the ground
where what white
mabel planted
seethes in the ground
while mayflies
buzzaround the
carmineplasteredhalls
vermillioncoloredwalls

can still hearwails
wails herboys wail
whilst the pale the pall

pallbearers
begged for
the joy of
bearingwhitemabel
to a new home
so this one
can be
yours
andyours
alone

#weeklypoemandpicplus53.
primerealestate

whitemarbel
foyer suitor
house tosale
whitemarble
allhail
white mabel
dwelled here
queened here

hadguns
hadatalent
for influence

earnest money only
honestly honey said
from her study

under high ceilings
for pondering a
wretch’s fate
the dismay
proportionate
to the rate the
rate the
rate of delay

what wasrendered
across studded
counter
offers tips tops
her sons name
the brute
at her side
the boot
converted
forceably

roomto grow
the business the
business of people
the steeple across

the face the road the
bridge of the nose
a casual nod from
white mabel and

this could be
yours apply
pressure
appliances
inclusive privilege
talk it

talk
it
over

white mabel
lived here and she
took good care
to keep her head

above the shit
above the endless
pleasure the pathetic

leisurely pursuits
I have papers
I have papers
I have papers
that you’ll sign

if you want
interest low
in the ground
where what white
mabel planted
seethes in the ground
while mayflies
buzzaround the
carmineplasteredhalls
vermillioncoloredwalls

can still hearwails
wails herboys wail
whilst the pale the pall

pallbearers
begged for
the joy of
bearingwhitemabel
to a new home
so this one
can be
yours
andyours
alone

#weeklypoemandpicplus
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52. Notaprayer

11/23/2020

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Picture
52. Notaprayer

He licks each
palm once
and presses
them together
at bedtime.
For luck said
matter of factly
when I ask why.
Startled and unashamed.
This is a Viking move I say.
A casual path
to the gods.

I try this same salt and it
does slide the knuckles
and clench the difficult fist.
My sleep is ferocious:
steeples
lurching
economies
candle
profiteers

In the morning
a perfect red
drop on the porcelain
that I scratch away
with a fingernail.

#weeklypoemandpic
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51. Beatlesdemosreviewsonnet

11/20/2020

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Picture
51. Beatlesdemosreviewsonnet

JohnJoeGeorgePeteGaragePaulVanRimgo
fight me fight about it all we wantgo
is these demos learning how to do it
do itwith their girlfriends they daytrip
problems we have problems with revelation
each of their handclaps hero’s subsaheroin
problems they know how to do it fight me
fight meteddy boy trigger happytesty
boy sing and fight me got a stupidsong
In my head looks like emperor elviskong
paulbrawljon twoofus on knees argumently
his fists we like it before sung perfectly
plague days require imperfect tunes
beaches presand and trees prepruned

itjars just a little amidst the
studio looking ondrugs in jambor
jamburg fire your manager fight me
fight menot right to hear this warped record
and it’s scratch just scratch a scratch the stretch marks
as they happen the laughs about them
about the coolgirl the fangyration
record needle innoculation
fight me fight me fight for makingup a
word like mama jeweli uhmabell
foyerstarsfourof them fable fabtop
johnlikeajockey stands highatop
diga horsey dig thepigsty armband
I wannawan highlyrec recoup yerhand

#weeklypoemandpic
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50. Theftstudy

11/12/2020

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Picture
50. Theftstudy

Query:
How manyman
mento robo torob
two women:

Process: process:
Variables include
Include/sanddepth
Include/rainfall
include/moonphase

Interview:
the second
woman asecond
was asked
asked interrogatd
ifshe if she
suffered much
from the deeds of
her son when he was
hewas as mayor.
she answered
whenasked: why am
I why was I why she
was responsible

Answeredanswergiven:
toldshe
was told to suffer
foolsbetter.

Following. Followup:
mistrial. mistrial:
a man went free.
loco doll local
news smiling
courtreporter
writ broke story
brokenegghoarder

Follow up. Follow:
hiswife
shechewed
her nail
until itbled.
it itstained
her pillowwith
redslivered moons.

#weeklypoemandpic
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49.warrantymurderballad

11/10/2020

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Picture
49.
warrantymurderballad

I can not
I tried to
fix it repairher
needs parts
sadly parted
warrant out

Warranty
void void
faulty
ballchain
woe worn
swornaffid
affidavit

I can fix
deep troubles
but itis shot
twice he tried
shakesnakebit
his headher hand

Sadly infixable
dustand defeat
and the end
of aroad
it’ll cost you 99

99 years it’s time
is up up to judge you
99 years it breaks
every 99 years
itrains every

99 years cell in
this cell I have to
sell you a new one
every 99 years

#weeklypoemandpic
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48.battlesongballad

11/7/2020

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Picture
48.
battlesongballad

name me
the scourge
as well are
you well
do you have
the courage to
be a star
at the altar
do you
who do
youawait

I resent
the letter
I resent
the bitter
wayyou
havemade
me feel

don’t lament
at the door
bellow to the
choruschorus
choruschorus

did I tell
you about
her her
her holster
and it’s
potential
for disaster
this is no
closure full
dulldisclosure
this is revenge
thisis isis

disaster for you
andonly you
and them
thatare
likeyou

#weeklypoemandpic
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    Philippe Shils - he lives in central Illinois. He has chapbooks available from Underground Books, Right Hand Pointing Press, and a collaborative one with his band The Red Wheelbarrows available at gigs and on Facebook by request. He plays old time banjo and has two kids who are patient with their father.
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