by phillipw | Oct 30, 2026 | BI, GA, KL, NI, SE, ZE
Sergei Yesenin Revenant Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I write your name upon my palm with pen Yet wish that I might write within my cage Of ribs, “Yes,” round my inner chest. “Love men And women,” is...
by phillipw | Oct 30, 2026 | DO, DR, FR, HE, IV, NI, SE, WH, YE
Behind the White Wood Home Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Dedicated to Nikolai Klyuev as he prays in bed beside Sergei Yesenin The orange grove blossoms and their leaves lick mist In Florida. The boys...
by phillipw | Oct 30, 2026 | Sonnet
Suslov’s Seed Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A germinating twilight seeds my chest, The marrow and the arteries within It, since I met the holy one, the best Of monks without a robe to spread his sin...
by phillipw | Oct 29, 2026 | AE, DA, DI, EM, Ho, JO, SA, SH, SI, WI
There’s No Royal Round Table for Second-rate Knights Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The drops on berries, not real tears at all, Are maybe not what readers want a line To say in poetry. They want a...
by phillipw | Oct 28, 2026 | Sonnet
If You Are Here Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “If you are here, I’ll leave all else behind” [or something like that?] ~ Sergei Yesenin “Love alone makes me remember. Love alone makes me alert.” ~...
by phillipw | Oct 27, 2026 | CH, FR, MA, PE, Sonnet, ST
Irradiated Antivenom for Revelation Delayed Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem You know your friend as man knows man. You know A man is not a god and maybe as a saint He fails. Your heart forgives his...
by phillipw | Oct 27, 2026 | Sonnet
He Wakes to Torture in His Heart Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When love and hate are mixed in men, the hate Takes over, slow as frost that grows on panes, On window panes of love, like stained glass...
by phillipw | Oct 27, 2026 | AB, MO, Sonnet, YA
Abhishek as Man But Not a God Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem WARNING: One of the pictures below shows a nude male body. If you disapprove of looking at that, do not continue viewing the sonnet and so...
