by phillipw | Apr 12, 2025 | BU, CH, MA, SE, TO, Uncategorized
El Guapo with Melanistic Monarchs Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem El guapo swaggers through black butterflies, As black as hair on him, on body, head And upper lip, as black as pupils, eyes That stab his...
by phillipw | Apr 12, 2025 | PR
Japanese Devotion and Pre-Columbian Grotesqueries Combine to Slaughter Mockingbirds Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The birds ram-smashed themselves against the glass Of windows in the Pre-Columbian Art...
by phillipw | Apr 11, 2025 | AR, AU, LA, LO, MI, Uncategorized, WI
Notes on a Forgotten Burial Ground Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The cemetery where his aunts lie deep Beneath the sand of Florida hulks deaf To poetry. This trio lies in sleep Far lower than a...
by phillipw | Apr 10, 2025 | PR
Salt Water’s Wraiths The snow that hits Alantic waves is lost. The flakes give up their six-point shapes and souls. They lose their lives. A frosty Pentecost Does not redeem with icy tongues. The poles, Both north and south, condemn the frozen...
by phillipw | Apr 8, 2025 | BR, FL, OR
His Childhood as Sunrise Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem c ont emporary poem The glass of morning at the daybreak hour Is held above the barely waking state. The few who rise to drink from dawn know power Of...
