by phillipw | Mar 4, 2026 | AE, BE, ES, HI, LA, LO, MO, Uncategorized, VI
A Trinity of Beauties Female and Male Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Where Lakshmi lies, see beauties all complete, Replete abundance and prosperity. She holds her pure perfection in her suite (Of...
by phillipw | Feb 18, 2026 | AE, AP, BE, BY, CH, ES, LU, MA, RA, UM
Male Gaze Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem You see the people in the April rain. Perhaps they are umbrellas, not much more To you, or raincoats. They are like a stain On retinas and not much more. They...
by phillipw | Jan 22, 2026 | AE, AL, ES
True Beauty Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem True beauty hovers, shapes that want your form To fill them. Instantly you feel them throb Inside soul’s marrow or more like a storm Of Birds of...
by phillipw | Dec 9, 2025 | AE, BE, ES, Ho
Epic Similes as Nectar Among Thorns “A poem of any length neither can be, nor ought to be, all poetry.” ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Biographia Litteraria “ ‘Why did the whole Greek world exult over the combat scenes in the Iliad?’ asks Friedrich Nietzsche. We modern...
by phillipw | Nov 3, 2025 | AE, BE, ES, Uncategorized
In Met Miss Universe in a Diamond Tiara Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The butterfly flapped Away, was gone. My spirit Came back inside me. ~ Wafû The way a comet feels the pull of weight In weightless...
by phillipw | Aug 3, 2025 | AE, ES
“benignant severity of Giotto” ~ R. H. Blyth For Jamie Whidden A poet looks at life benignly though Ferocious through the tigers’ eyes. So blue In white ones, they are yellow, amber, foe Of innocence in orange ones. Only true Roars are allowed. Judas kisses Christ....
