by phillipw | Jun 15, 2026 | AP, CH, ST
Improbabilities Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “This, too, is probable, according to the saying of Agathon: ‘It is part of probability that many improbable things will happen.’ ” ~...
by phillipw | Jun 15, 2026 | ME
Pitifully Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Who cares about your brain? Who cares about Your heart (assuming that you have one)? Who Could care about such stuff? Just let us shout For you to...
by phillipw | Jun 15, 2026 | CL, EP, LO, RO, UR, WI, YE
Mount Nebo Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We do not want to dress in loss of dreams, Forgetfulness our robe. Our memories clothe Our meaning. They enwrap with sacred seams. We look for ways for...
by phillipw | Jun 15, 2026 | Sonnet
Satoris in Frankincense Burning with Myrrh Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “like a haze amidst illuminations” ~ part of a faux epigraph in George Eliot’s Daniel Deronda “like the birth of galaxies in...
by phillipw | Jun 14, 2026 | FR
Prohairesis and Krosis Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Prometheus, if bound before he brought Us fire, that tragedy would bring a loss Worth telling. Beaks and talons would have caught His liver in our...
