by phillipw | Apr 3, 2022 | CR, DE, GO
Sapphire Surprise Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When gods first started making humans from . . . The bits of dirt around the earth . . . , the shapes Were much the same if made of dust...
by phillipw | Apr 1, 2022 | SP
“Tarry,” is Spring’s Command Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Yet if we grieve, the spring that blossoms will Not come as wishes quick or slow will leap. The grief of spring will hasten just...
by phillipw | Apr 1, 2022 | MA, SL
Vegan Dreams Become Real He swallowed other people’s dreams and tried To make them his. They made it down his throat, Right past his Adam’s apple. They were wide Inside him but too like a swelling bloat. These swelled like parts of men that conquer holes,...
by phillipw | Mar 31, 2022 | EA, MO, OL
Earendel Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem This morning star exploded in the dark Of ancient space, exploded, formed and shone Before the orbs that we have known, a...
by phillipw | Mar 29, 2022 | BR, CU, RU, Ta
The Flimsiness of Letters “All the little emptiness of love!” ~ Rupert Brooke What kind of letters? Letters in a clay Configuration, cuneiform shapes gone For thousands of declines in their array In sunsets, twilights and each hopeless dawn Were letters that...
