by phillipw | Jul 8, 2026 | AN, BI, CO
Pearl Strivers Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The higher realm of brains attempts to bring Our serpent selves to where our seraph wings Desire to elevate us, but each wing Is dragged down by our mental...
by phillipw | Jun 25, 2026 | BO, BR, CH, CO
Little Ones in a Florida Warmth Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Microsoft’s Copilot prissily refused to make the above image. ChatGPT made it with no prissy qualms. We watched our dam of worthless...
by phillipw | Jun 7, 2026 | CO, PA, RE
“hell, nor am I out of it” Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Your yesteryears are not old embers, coals Imperial topaz in their blaze but now Are ashes, diamonds burnt by fire, are souls Reduced in...
by phillipw | Jun 7, 2026 | BI, CO, DE, HE, Sonnet
Heaven and Earth Are Full Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Pleni sunt cæli et terra gorya tua. Both Heaven and earth are full of sly, gory Results of thy creation. Black holes eat The matter and the light...
by phillipw | May 25, 2026 | CO, MA, ON, PE, SE, TE, TH
Him to Hymn Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “I am driven to a fine extremity; this limb of mine is mine own.” ~ Merry Wives of Windsor, III, sc. 5 His Him parts cause the hymn. You...
by phillipw | Apr 21, 2026 | CO, NE, PH, PI, Uncategorized
A Florida Boy Feels Destiny While Approaching Hartford and Knows the Healing of Blue Wounds Under Connecticut’s Blue Sky Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem con “the blueness of a wound” ~ Proverbs 20:30 The car that took...
