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...
by phillipw | Jan 21, 2026 | AN, Uncategorized
The Decline and Fall of Fuzzilization Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem It used to be that ancient Japanese Religious shrine apprentices ran nude Around the temples and their grounds, male knees Completely...
by phillipw | Jan 20, 2026 | AN, AR, BO, UN
Do angels have some hair beneath the arm? Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Do angels have some hair beneath the arm Or wing? If so, just where? Beneath the wing Would make the hairs seem heavenly. No...