by phillipw | Oct 17, 2025 | CA, FU, HA, JO, RE, SA
Trip Ups Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A ratatouille made of shadows seen Through God’s kaleidoscope is what the faiths Present to us. Religions, each a different scene Of glitters, promise...
by phillipw | Sep 14, 2025 | CA, LA, PR, Uncategorized
Poetry Encompassed by Wonder Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A poem is a cave-wall painting made With flame-lit, fuming words. The smoking torch Is needed. When a poem does not fade, This means that...
by phillipw | May 15, 2025 | CA, PE
Prospero’s Prosperity Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem My cat, the skin beneath his fur, goes jerk. He knows much more about the truth of things Than I do. He intuits teeth that lurk. He...
by phillipw | Apr 18, 2025 | AB, AD, CA, EV, FE, MA
The Prime Man after Woman’s Sin Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem This multi-colored parasol lets light Through. Underneath that light the shades show you In different hues. The shining beams...
by phillipw | Apr 16, 2025 | CA, DE, Uncategorized
Malagueñas The music of the tavern comes on black Flamenco stallions. Horseshoes cause the banged Out rhythm. Death is seldom Spanish slack Though always sweatless. Drinkers are harrangued With songs that rise from olive groves too old To...
by phillipw | Apr 14, 2025 | CA, PR, SE
The Freeze-dried Tale His heart is like a freeze-dried cherry in A box of cereal for lovers to Devour, as accidentally in sin Between the sheets, as casually they chew Him, breakfast in his bed. He nourishes Their greediness for cherry-ness in flesh. For him their...