by phillipw | Nov 2, 2025 | AM, DE, PO
Poetry Means Irradiated Mist and Not Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The point of poetry is mist inside The mind. The poetry itself is not A smog but poetry requires its bride To wear a veil. What...
by phillipw | Oct 29, 2025 | BR, CO, DE, DI, MA, WH
Stepping Into the Ambulance that Would Take Her to the Thames Valley Hospice Margaret Arbuckle Paterson Graham Whidden When I love thee not, Chaos is come again. ~ Shakespeare, Othello “Courage is life, living. Life is change; change is suffering; the will to...
by phillipw | Oct 22, 2025 | DE, EA, LE
Iridescent Fate Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Our souls (which don’t exist) are like a moth Embossed with steel of pin behind the glass, Displays of them against a velvet cloth Too kind and soft for...
by phillipw | Oct 20, 2025 | DE, SE
Red is the Color of my True Love’s Hair Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The thing you do not have is dark red hair. If you had that, I’d let you crawl across My chest and stomach to my moving pair Of...
by phillipw | Oct 20, 2025 | AU, DE
Certain, Contented Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Great minds insist that we should all embrace What comes our way. The greatness of this thought Implies that there is not a hiding place From beauty or...
by phillipw | Sep 13, 2025 | DE, DO, FA, PR, Uncategorized
Oversight Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Let’s face it: each man lives according to His nature, be it good or evil — both — Whatever. Dracula puts stakes straight through, Down...
