by phillipw | May 7, 2020 | BO, CY, GA, Ho, JE, LO, SY
How the Cypress Came to Be Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Sylvanus loved the boy and gave a gift To Cyparissus, gave the boy a doe. He doted on it. Then the truest shift Occurred. Sylvanus killed it...
by phillipw | May 7, 2020 | AN, MI, NE, PO
Helmeted Brain and Tectonic Plates Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Athena and Poseidon do not meet inside My mind and doubtless not inside my heart. They face each other off: she virgin bride Of...
by phillipw | May 7, 2020 | AR, VU
Fake Views Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem It’s funny how they build a false façade. A pretty, add on semi-circle crowns The church. The shape is lovely, but it’s odd: They make a fake front beauty...
by phillipw | May 6, 2020 | IS, MO, RE, SP
God Spoke Today I stumbled down the hill to buy some food For Prospero. He does not know that I Had been knocked flat by an extremely rude Disease. In fact he doesn’t know I buy His salmon flakes. He only knows that they Are spooned for him by me. Their...
by phillipw | May 6, 2020 | EN, GR, WE
Two-edged Politics of Envy The denizens of public housing hate The people who support them paying tax At higher rates, who fund the welfare state. Recipients loathe winners to the max. The big time earners hate the ones who fail To make enough to pay their own way to...