by phillipw | Jun 16, 2026 | SY
Synesthesia Scents from Sepals Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Imagine you can hear the liquid rise As sweetness through the branches with their leaves. You listen as the fragrance, tiny, cries Of beauty...
by phillipw | Jun 16, 2026 | DE, EA, EY, JO, KE
An Old Eagle on His Eyrie Above the Pacific “Silent, upon a peak” ~ John Keats The eagle’s talons, firm, still grip, though old. The scales on them clasp hardness there above The ocean. Harsh of voice his throat can scold At everything against his long-term love....
by phillipw | Jun 16, 2026 | AB, LO, RO, YA
“the salt, estranging sea” Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He met a man called Abhishek. Although Unlikelihoods of that were overcome By Web-like wonder, life itself can throw Improbabilities, a giant...
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...
