by phillipw | Jun 7, 2026 | MA, TR
Gabriel Would Clobber Me Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The Catholics are against me. Bread and wine Are meat and blood I dare not swallow since My “soul” is not a cannibal. Divine They are, but human....
by phillipw | Jun 7, 2026 | CO, PA, RE
“hell, nor am I out of it” Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Your yesteryears are not old embers, coals Imperial topaz in their blaze but now Are ashes, diamonds burnt by fire, are souls Reduced in...
by phillipw | Jun 7, 2026 | BI, CO, DE, HE, Sonnet
Heaven and Earth Are Full Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Pleni sunt cæli et terra gorya tua. Both Heaven and earth are full of sly, gory Results of thy creation. Black holes eat The matter and the light...
by phillipw | Jun 6, 2026 | BE, LO, SE, WO
Venus Has No Moons Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Now speak to me, my beauty, with the voice Of love. Speak love to me as if a globe, A moon of Venus, might make love rejoice Inside my sternum. Lift...
by phillipw | Jun 4, 2026 | Sonnet
Love’s Launch Enlarged Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Desire deploys full sails because of lips. Desire displays full sails to woo the eyes. The wind of circumstance reveals full hips, Their swagger,...
