by phillipw | Jul 13, 2026 | BR, MA, MI, Sonnet, WE
Snared Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Deeds are the pulse of Time, his beating life, And righteous or unrighteous, being done, Must throb in after-throbs till Time itself Be laid in stillness, and the...
by phillipw | Jul 13, 2026 | MO, TR
Go Away, Brutal Poets Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “The unripe grape, the ripe, the dried . . . All things are changes, not into nothing, but into that which is not present.” ~ Marcus Aurelius The...
by phillipw | Jul 12, 2026 | MA
Good Taste Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Although he doesn’t taste, he tastes as good As bourbon jazz on Bourbon Street. His teeth Taste good. His tongue tastes like a God’s tongue...
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...
