by phillipw | Mar 9, 2026 | AE, AN, BE, ES, SE
Twenty-four Carat Sapphire-colored Songs If God made angels blue, both blue and gold In wing, blue haired, but lavender in robe, Of course they might look far too sky-blue cold And so in yellow light He might englobe Them, warming them in heaven’s airs. The sea That...
by phillipw | Mar 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
Before the Birth of Azure Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The bluest of the blues cannot be seen But when it can be viewed, it is the gem Invisible inside glass daytime’s screen. It is the midnight blue...
by phillipw | Mar 8, 2026 | BU, CH, FA, HI, IS, JU, OR, PR, RE, TR
The Spider Webs of Fibers Finer than Charmeuse Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We find ourselves between the basest hopes And silliest of fears. When still we find Ourselves despite religions and those...
by phillipw | Mar 8, 2026 | LO, PA, RO, SE, Uncategorized
Because of Cemetery Stones Modern poetry modern verse conteern poem mporary poetry contemporary verse modcontemporary poem I want my husband, call him what you will, To cover me with selfish, manly hate. I want the emptiness of holes to spill The universe’s...
by phillipw | Mar 7, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Bald Truth is in the Battle Hymn of Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Across the hemisphere and then across The world, the eagle’s talons stretch and grasp. What used to be...
by phillipw | Mar 7, 2026 | AR, GR, HE, JA, MA
Love’s Labors Cost Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I read that Jacqueline took money from Onassis for her clothes as part of her A Look Back at Jackie Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis’s Wedding...
by phillipw | Mar 7, 2026 | AR, BR, EL, MA, MI, MO, Ta, Uncategorized
Beauties and the Beasts Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Jean-Paul Belmondo, Barbra Streisand, such As these hold up the hope that ugly folk Can be attractive, sexy just as much As Doris Day and Rock. An...
by phillipw | Mar 7, 2026 | DE, LO
Craving Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Go seeking round the world and you will find No truth as great and large as your desire. It has its holy place with love enshrined Where mothers of dead children...
