by phillipw | Jul 11, 2026 | AN, CI, DE, IM, IN, SE, SO, Sonnet
John 1:3 Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The insects and the birds sing out their sounds As if to make a choir of imps combined With seraphim all singing separate rounds Together, notes and screes of...
by phillipw | Jul 9, 2026 | BE, SE, SN
Grave Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem the empty words of a dream Remembered on waking ~ Robert Bridges, “I Love All Beauteous Things” Too much like words of Lucifer who wakes From falling...
by phillipw | Jul 9, 2026 | FL, HU, TI, TO, TU
The Wind Moved Upon the Waters and Covered the Waters with Slapstick Fun Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The hurricane calmed down. We looked upon The wreckage caused by wind and rain and God. Our...
by phillipw | Jul 9, 2026 | Sonnet
Adam, Cain and Abel Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “we are laid asleep In body, and become a living soul” ~ William Wordsworth, Tintern Abbey “And man became a...
by phillipw | Jul 8, 2026 | BI, SY
In Wings of Song Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The grove of loves holds birds within its shade And in its sunlight. There on limbs of green The wings and loves and melodies cascade And turn to...
by phillipw | Jul 8, 2026 | DA, FR, MA
Like the Wide Space in the Constellation Orion the Gate of Love Is Opened Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I Samuel 18:1 His love as if in coma was asleep But, lapsed inside synapses, was awake, Inside his...
by phillipw | Jul 8, 2026 | Sonnet
The Clarity of Eternity Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem O, welcome, pure-eyed Faith, white-handed Hope, Thou hovering angel, girt with golden wings. ~ John Milton His faith is zircon-perfect...
by phillipw | Jul 8, 2026 | PA
Oxymoron Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “One day still fierce ’mid many a day struck calm” ~ Robert Browning, The Ring and the Book A caring middle-class Republican Is not an oxymoron. “Paradox” Is also...
