by phillipw | Apr 28, 2026 | EL, MO, TS
Prissy Harvard Scholars and Such Like Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem It used to be that poetry was sung By nightingales and skylarks in the lines Of Keats and Shelley. Shimmering odes were flung Out...
by phillipw | Apr 28, 2026 | SI, SO
Pawn Chorus Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The animals produce their poetry: The whales sing out slow-motion melodies Across the ocean depths and widths; the sea Spreads out the song, the chanting...
by phillipw | Apr 27, 2026 | PO, SE, Uncategorized
Take Up Thy Bed Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem — He felt the spirit of the waters move. They heaved around inside his heart and veins, Inside his Tuesday ribs. Their goal, to prove That God...
by phillipw | Apr 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
Neon Tetras and Silvery Angel Fish Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The boy’s aquarium was more to him Than foreign fish in fervent movement through Mere water. Not an eerie, swirling hymn, An alien...
by phillipw | Apr 27, 2026 | JI, TR, WI
See-through Sterling Silver Lavender Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The color of the incense, if its wisps Wished as a single hue, is like a wraith Of spirit vine, wistaria in lisps, A specter...
