by phillipw | Jan 14, 2026 | AN, Ho
No Unholy Exhalation Religious people don’t know how to breathe Because they’ve chosen not to breathe, not To let the world in, unlike those who breathe Both in and out. They breathe out only, hot Breath only, never any cooler air Or dryer air. ...
by phillipw | Jan 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
Wilma Singing Over the Florida Lagoon Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When singing turn your voice this way and then The other, singing for all creatures you Might reach, not humans only, women, men And...
by phillipw | Jan 13, 2026 | AU, PE
Who Cares for Ivory, Pink and Red? Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Aunt Ruby’s well brought up the truest pink That God had ever hoped for pink to be. The peach tree’s petals were not for her sink....
by phillipw | Jan 13, 2026 | JA, UG, Uncategorized
Light and Small and Tall in Meaning Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem There’s smallness and there’s smallness. There is light And lighter yet. A tiny, tiny foot Comes down and rests on dipper’s handle,...
by phillipw | Jan 13, 2026 | BL, LO, MO, MU, NI
Assignations Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Assign the fence to mockingbirds in love. Assign the limb to nightingales and moons, The sky to larks in spirals up above, The blackbird’s vapored song...
