by phillipw | May 11, 2026 | CU, PA, SK
The Cuckoo and the Lark “Sing aloud love’s lark!” ~ Untraditional The cuckoo and the skylark do not form A cross in flight. The lark flies up and high. Its life is full of song and loving, warm. The cuckoo doesn’t sing and it is sly. Its flight is horizontal or,...
by phillipw | Feb 20, 2026 | CO, CU, FU, SE, Uncategorized
This is a sexually explicit sonnet. Do not read it or look at its illustration if sexually explicit material will offend you. Do not complain since you were warned. Hedonism as Heroic Truth Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern...
by phillipw | Jan 12, 2026 | CU
Cowardice In storm-like days our memories dim away From rainbow moments in our past. The strengths Of hurricanes, their twister periods, sway Our souls. They go to tacit lengths To search for calm forgetfulness. As in Our sleep we struggle to escape a dream...
by phillipw | Oct 15, 2025 | AP, CU, RO, SE, UN
Love, the Little God Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When love, that little god, is worshiped, he (Or she, not they) hits back with arrows tipped With gold or lead. The gold tips set you free To love the...
by phillipw | Oct 1, 2025 | AP, BE, CU, GA, Uncategorized
“Nothing is good or fair alone” ~ Emerson, “Each and All” Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We know that no thing can be “fair or good Alone.” The Star of Africa when set In darkness in the deepest mine...
by phillipw | Feb 8, 2025 | CU, FU, GA, HE, IN, SE, SP, ST
Brown and Pink The bracken, as life does, has turned to rust. They make their way up through it, rustling through The brown. They need to find a way to thrust In love — or something like it. He shoves spew Inside pink guts once they are over hill...
