by phillipw | Aug 16, 2026 | BE, BI, CO, GA, PO, RE, SA, SE
Slave Owner Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “whipping Courtenay in some posture or another” The Gothick lover Beckford bends to whip His boy. The whipper bends himself in shape That shocks...
by phillipw | Aug 12, 2026 | AE, AP, BE, ES, MA
Long After Greek Scrolls Long AftƏr GrƏƏk Scrolls Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Library Streaking The streaks of black across that treble brow Were carved in Heaven but inspired by Hell. Streaks...
by phillipw | Jul 9, 2026 | BE, SE, SN
Grave Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem the empty words of a dream Remembered on waking ~ Robert Bridges, “I Love All Beauteous Things” Too much like words of Lucifer who wakes From falling...
by phillipw | Jun 18, 2026 | BE, CH, DO, Ho, JE, RO
The God of Small Things Genesis 1:26-28 The man lifts up the wood of beehive lid And puffs some pine-straw smoke inside the space. In panic bees begin to swarm and skid Around to find escape from fire. No trace Of guilt invades the minds of men who trick These orange...
by phillipw | Jun 17, 2026 | BE, ME, SA
Manhattan Mega Beauty Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If you are beautiful enough, why take The trouble to be decent, doing good Like saintly Francis or Saint Clare? Just shake Your curls as any pretty...
by phillipw | Jun 6, 2026 | BE, LO, SE, WO
Venus Has No Moons Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Now speak to me, my beauty, with the voice Of love. Speak love to me as if a globe, A moon of Venus, might make love rejoice Inside my sternum. Lift...
