by phillipw | Mar 10, 2026 | BL, LO, SA
Reflections and Prisms Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The color blue, the looking glass of mind When it pretends to separate the real From Keats’ ideal, though made from diamonds mined, Is much like...
by phillipw | Mar 9, 2026 | AE, AN, BE, BL, ES, SE
Twenty-four Carat Sapphire-colored Songs If God made angels blue, both blue and gold In wing, blue haired, but lavender in robe, Of course they might look far too sky-blue cold And so in yellow light He might englobe Them, warming them in heaven’s airs. The sea That...
by phillipw | Mar 9, 2026 | BL, Uncategorized
Before the Birth of Azure Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The bluest of the blues cannot be seen But when it can be viewed, it is the gem Invisible inside glass daytime’s screen. It is the midnight blue...
by phillipw | Mar 8, 2026 | BU, CH, FA, HI, IS, JU, OR, PR, RE, TR
The Spider Webs of Fibers Finer than Charmeuse Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We find ourselves between the basest hopes And silliest of fears. When still we find Ourselves despite religions and those...
by phillipw | Mar 8, 2026 | LO, PA, RO, SE, Uncategorized
Because of Cemetery Stones Modern poetry modern verse conteern poem mporary poetry contemporary verse modcontemporary poem I want my husband, call him what you will, To cover me with selfish, manly hate. I want the emptiness of holes to spill The universe’s...
