by phillipw | Sep 8, 2025 | AU, BE, FA
Snow or Frost on an Autumn Leaf Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem From where does beauty come, from lipstick kiss (From blood bright mouth), from blue of butterfly Before the pin is struck through...
by phillipw | Jun 15, 2025 | BE, CO, Uncategorized, YO
Travesty of Singing from the Stage Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Just screaming and then shouting—not like jazz Or any type of music—that is what We suffer. Gone are bourbon razzmatazz STREET MUSIC...
by phillipw | May 18, 2025 | BE, DE, Uncategorized
The Indian Restaurant Delivery Van and No Transmigration When I am gone like Bene, staring wide My eyes, when I am gone like Bene, gone Where he went, we will be where deaths divide And never bring us close. Agamemnon Stares, eyes in slits of gold, but in the dark...
by phillipw | Mar 9, 2025 | AE, BE, ES
Reverie and Hypnosis Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem His irises come not from seashore waves In Florida. Their Caribbean blue Smiles, ancient though, more ancient than the caves Where men first...
by phillipw | Feb 26, 2025 | AE, BE, BL, ES, Uncategorized
The Firmament Above, the Flowers Below Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem In dawns and twilights, winds prefer their lips To whisper, breezes coming, if at all, As gently as a smile. Their fingertips Just...
by phillipw | Dec 25, 2024 | AC, AE, BE, ES, MA, PH, Ta
Alpha Men and the Arts Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When far too manly in your thought, don’t dream Of doves collecting sighs or nightingales Amassing sobs. Your thick-thighed rugby team...
