by phillipw | Apr 19, 2026 | DI, PH
Lovely Colored as Lucifer Before His Fall Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The pheasant, once a copper reptile, now A Buddha bird, encompasses the world. His beauty has a past of slaughter’s brow, Blood’s...
by phillipw | Apr 19, 2026 | BA, DI, IG, ST
Sanctified Clash of Keys in the Ballet Petrushka Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The skylark sings above the urban square Of green and oaks enclosed within the streets And offices and houses. Everywhere...
by phillipw | Mar 6, 2026 | BO, DI, EM, RE, TI, Uncategorized
The Opposite of Bindings Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Whoever sitteth on this carpet and willeth in thought to be taken up and set down upon other site will, in the twinkling of an eye, be borne...
by phillipw | Feb 24, 2026 | DI, KI, MA, OY, PE, Uncategorized, WE
Das Grau, Das Grau, Das Grau Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The beauties of the world dip down to mud Too soon. The grace of yellow willow leaves And limbs lies trapped in muck. The now glue mud Wraps...
by phillipw | Feb 2, 2026 | DI, MY, PE
The Ideal Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Perfection can’t be found in man-made things, Her mother held. She could have stopped with “man” And stopped her insight there. The bees with stings Are far...
by phillipw | Jan 31, 2026 | AU, DE, DI, ST
The Golden Bastardized Egg The brutal colors of the Nazi folk Are now repeated much around the world. Their grey and black and brown are like the yolk In black Beelzebub’s brown egg that’s swirled With Satan’s semen. Echoes of the Reich sound Reverberate in Europe...
