by phillipw | Jul 11, 2026 | AN, CI, DE, IM, IN, SE, SO, Sonnet
John 1:3 Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The insects and the birds sing out their sounds As if to make a choir of imps combined With seraphim all singing separate rounds Together, notes and screes of...
by phillipw | Jul 8, 2026 | AN, BI, CO
Pearl Strivers Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The higher realm of brains attempts to bring Our serpent selves to where our seraph wings Desire to elevate us, but each wing Is dragged down by our mental...
by phillipw | Jun 7, 2026 | AN, RA
Nicht Richtig Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem 1 Samuel 18:27 The Nazis were not püre enoügh to please The Führer ütterly. They coüld have made Him swastikas with Jewish bones, with knees At joints as...
by phillipw | May 28, 2026 | AN, BE, LO, PR, RO
A. P. & Zh. Zh. Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem From school to school, from same to same, not same In some, he lived with beauty, beauties not The same. In one there was that one not tame, Of...
by phillipw | May 27, 2026 | AN, AR
The Iliad and Mary, the Mother of God Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Five decades (more) ago he bought a pen, A fountain pen when people used such things Before they had their iPads, back when men Wrote...
by phillipw | May 21, 2026 | AN, DE, DI, GO, RE
Pilgrims at Terror Creek “There is no effort on my brow, I do not strive,* I do not weep; I rush with the swift spheres and glow In joy, and when I will, I sleep.” ~ Matthew Arnold [speaking in the voice of Nature], Mortality Decaffeinated nature...
