by phillipw | Mar 30, 2026 | AN, SE
This is a rude and sacrilegious sonnet. Do not open it if you will be offended. If you open it and read it, do not complain anywhere. Interjaculate Conception Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If you were...
by phillipw | Mar 23, 2026 | AN, IN, PR, SE
Futile Female Supplication Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The eyes of women suffer worst, because There are no angels and because their wings Have never been. They do not fly through gauze Of stellar...
by phillipw | Mar 14, 2026 | AN, SH
Rocks and Rivers with Innocently Envisaged Souls Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When you are raptured, try to think of earth The way it was before religion came To ruin it. Imagine worlds of worth And...
by phillipw | Mar 9, 2026 | AE, AN, BE, BL, ES, SE
Twenty-four Carat Sapphire-colored Songs If God made angels blue, both blue and gold In wing, blue haired, but lavender in robe, Of course they might look far too sky-blue cold And so in yellow light He might englobe Them, warming them in heaven’s airs. The sea That...
by phillipw | Feb 26, 2026 | AN, BA, BL, CA, EG
Karnak Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The cat communicates what cats can say From ancient Egypt onwards. Cats and men Rubbed, just as people pet their cats today. A hungry cat would rub again,...
by phillipw | Feb 26, 2026 | AN, BE, CH, CO, CR, Uncategorized
The Lens to Capture Irony Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem She saw the cormorants at work while she Was on vacation in a rural part Of China, but, unlike them, she was free. She had a tender, sentimental...
