by phillipw | May 12, 2020 | AE, BE, CH, ES, FR, LO, MA, ST
Unforgotten Love Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If love were like best poems, it would last Forever, or as long as things that are not God Survive. But love is not quite perfect, vast, And...
by phillipw | May 7, 2020 | AE, BE, ES, MA
Playalinda The honey light of Florida I see In you, the orange-blossom nectar turned To amber. Frenzied buzz and frenzied bee Produce a beauty like your own. We yearned For it for decades. Now it comes in you. The gold of hair against the suntanned...
by phillipw | May 7, 2020 | AN, BE, DA, IN, KI, UZ
God Hardened the Heart of Pharaoh Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The goodness of their God in which He hid The death of men awaits believers. They Will still believe. Their doubt has truly slid To...
by phillipw | May 6, 2020 | AU, BE, CA, DE, DO, ED, FA, RO, WI
A Seal Upon my Heart Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem My lingering rose, the lightish purple one, Has failed to open. It is still a bud In late November. Though the autumn sun Indulges it, the rose will...
by phillipw | May 6, 2020 | BE, CH, LO, MA, ST
“A Man—Call Him an Angel” Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A man appeared to me. He raised his hands Like angels high above but he was here In air space which we shared. His whorling strands Of richest...
by phillipw | May 6, 2020 | BE, EN
The Beginnings and the End Why is it that the dark is at the start, Like bats in caverns, always? “Let there be Light” presupposes black. The human heart Is desperate and wicked. (Who can see That? Everyone who thinks.) The sperm that made You came from darkness...
