by phillipw | Aug 14, 2026 | AN, CA, OE, PU, SO
Antigone Hangs Herself with Her Bridal Veil Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The audience desires a swollen purge, Says Aristotle. In the tragic mode The people want the playwright’s tricks to urge To a...
by phillipw | Aug 13, 2026 | AN, CI
August Exultation Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Cicadas sing as if pure piping is The only thing. It is their only thing. They use their tymbals to produce their zizzzzzzzzzzzzzz Unceasing in their...
by phillipw | Aug 6, 2026 | AN, AR
“And the angel departed” Luke 1:38 Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Thoughts, passions, all that thrust in thrills inside You, these are like the drugs you shoot within Your veins, but...
by phillipw | Aug 2, 2026 | AN, AP
Religion Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The guiding paths are lost and rank with grass And weeds. Millennia have seen slabs racked With earthquakes. In this space where gods might pass, If they were real...
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...
