by phillipw | Mar 2, 2025 | DE, LO
He Tries to Turn His Back on Romeo — and Siegfried Sassoon Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He enters into something like a cage, A puzzle, more a labyrinth. His aim Is to abandon, almost in a...
by phillipw | Dec 7, 2024 | DE, FA, LO, RO
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reflecting_cavern_lake.jpg Combination Subterranean Fates Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Your blood cells taste of tight infinities When swallowed by my...
by phillipw | Nov 9, 2024 | BI, DE, ME, ST
Dark Lead or Scarlet Glass Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The others go around as mopes since stress, Depression, or gray weather makes them think about Gun trigger, feeling they might even press...
by phillipw | Oct 29, 2024 | BI, CH, CL, DE
Ever Sere Depression: Blank Eyes, Lips, Ears Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The place is dark. Its tenses, all, are stark. Its tense today is black as ebony As God imagined it before His spark...
by phillipw | Sep 27, 2024 | CE, DE, LA, MA
November Calm Forgets Them Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We want to sleep as pears and apples lined Up in the autumn thinking not of graves. Our cemeteries are too much refined. New England’s basements...
by phillipw | Sep 25, 2024 | DE
Brevity as Gasps Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Too seldom women feel themselves like dew And men less seldom even. Life cut short Like lightning is a thought we seldom view Though close...
