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...
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 4, 2026 | BE, DR, Uncategorized
Butterfly Dreaming Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The butterfly is dreaming wingful dreams Where it is waiting on the warming stone. The stone is less important than the streams Of light that play on...
by phillipw | Apr 22, 2026 | AE, AP, BE, MI, PR, TH
Apasra Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I met Miss Universe one night. Online The pics of her are not as beautiful As she herself was. She deserved a shrine. A royal woman she was dutiful About...
