by phillipw | Jun 25, 2026 | PI
Wings for a Holy Search Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If I were on a pilgrimage, I would Not want a saint to walk with but instead Would want a butterfly to be my good Companion. I would follow where...
by phillipw | Jun 25, 2026 | BO, BR, CH, CO
Little Ones in a Florida Warmth Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Microsoft’s Copilot prissily refused to make the above image. ChatGPT made it with no prissy qualms. We watched our dam of worthless...
by phillipw | Jun 25, 2026 | Sonnet
Addiction Nonetheless Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When God-head let him go unfinished quite, His hair was holy, perfect in its curls Of black as if creating Saint John’ light Had been mistaken and...
by phillipw | Jun 24, 2026 | FR, KA
Dorothy Hale Captures Manhattan’s Attention For a Moment Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem She lives forever in her fall or on The pavement pressed in velvet black around Her. Yellow roses do not make a...
by phillipw | Jun 24, 2026 | CH, ST
A Jive Petrushka Chord Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Another Phillip could have had you; you, Another Phillip, could have held you. In His arms he could have taken you, the two Of you as one if you had...
by phillipw | Jun 24, 2026 | MA, YO
Male Youth Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Young men marooned in morning do not know They dwell imprisoned there. Their morning holds Them, though they do not grasp that. Glow Of futures is too...
by phillipw | Jun 23, 2026 | Sonnet
Love and Not Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem But seek ye first the kingdom of love, and its righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. He once again decided not to be Concerned with most...
by phillipw | Jun 23, 2026 | HE, LO, MA, RO
“My desolation does begin to make A better life” ~ William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When desolation comes, it drags a chance Behind it as in Caesar’s train. The...
