by phillipw | May 17, 2026 | FR, MA, PH
Because Their Matter Is Not Consummate “Perfection wrought of love and pain” ~ Alfred, Lord Tennyson—lover of Arthur Hallam In Memoriam A.H.H., Canto XXXIX • Line 11 “Love one another with a pure heart fervently. See that ye love one another.” “Already the words are...
by phillipw | May 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
All-embracing Bliss Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “this truth the poet sings That sorrow’s crown of sorrow is […lost] things” ~ Alfred, Lord Tennyson [rewritten from Locksley Hall] The happiness we...
by phillipw | May 15, 2026 | SC
Miss Nills Whose Life Was Too Long Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Her life was neither short nor was it long. She wasted it as fungi scatter spores, In tiny nothings spewed. This meant her song Was...
by phillipw | May 15, 2026 | GR
Profiles in Greedage, the Gulp of America Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem This monster swims America’s wide sea. This spermless whale eats smaller creatures, huge Its intake. It is uncontrolled and free...
by phillipw | May 14, 2026 | IN, PR
Seven Seals Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We tend to speak like ghosts, their words contained In mysteries. We include a shoulder, eyes Of carved gem blue, a wrist with blue blood stained Before...
by phillipw | May 13, 2026 | UN
In the Cathedral of Romance Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Your mind, a universe apart, dwells far Away from cars and motors. Far from men And women. It is more a gold-robed czar Four hundred years...
by phillipw | May 13, 2026 | PA, PR, SH
In the Realm of Prophecy and Shamans Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When first you get to meet new people, males Or females, first you get to know new things, You place them in your ignorance, lift veils...
by phillipw | May 12, 2026 | MA
All for Fun, if Fun to Ball — and Not Just Video Games Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem All things are manufactured by man’s skill From plastic, cotton, chemicals and steel For taste and pleasure,...
