by phillipw | Aug 30, 2026 | KA, SU
Ink that Becomes Disappearing Calligraphic Letters Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Why waves are so distraught that they commit White suicides survives as mystery. What makes them angry as they hit the...
by phillipw | Aug 29, 2026 | EM, TR
The Divorce Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Sometimes he thinks that he has seen it, plump But in a dream he had so long ago That history seems quite short to him, a dump Forgotten long ago, a blackened...
by phillipw | Aug 29, 2026 | HU
Angels and Insects Intersect Bafflement Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Bing Videos Forget the angel choirs in heaven. They Are like cicadas ever singing — drill — Drill — DRILL— their fugue, but what...
by phillipw | Aug 29, 2026 | GH, HA, WR
Come Away, Come Away, Come Away Home Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The wraiths belong to staircase places, trapped, Cannot tread up or down. Wraiths’ steps are lost. The stairs are lost. No ghostly...
by phillipw | Aug 29, 2026 | Sonnet
Truth The poets say that indigo is seen Along the sun’s horizon on the sea. They say that sort of thing. Those claims are clean Of truth, of ordinary truth. They see It though we don’t. A deeper truth they seek And find it but they don’t convey it well Enough with...
by phillipw | Aug 29, 2026 | Sonnet
Icarus Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Since Icarus was just a boy, he dropped Straight down to salted death. His plummet yelled Straight down, no gracefulness involved. He plopped Straight down. ...
by phillipw | Aug 29, 2026 | Sonnet
The Age of Wraith Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Along the nave are sculptures of a king And queen, a saint part covered in crowned gilt. Along the nave are windows with the wing Of angel who has never...
by phillipw | Aug 28, 2026 | CH, LO, ST
The Instant Merman Pulses with Passion Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I saw you and my flesh began to glow Beneath my skin. I saw you and my skin Began to tingle. It began to grow A silver sheen as if a...
