by phillipw | Feb 8, 2024 | DR, FA, GR, NO
Creature of Compassion Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Although in worlds outside of Asia some Might think that pink and green are linked to love Of softness, few think dragons might succumb To...
by phillipw | Dec 25, 2022 | CH, DR, MA, MY, WH
Modesty’s Refinement from a Winter’s Afternoon The curtains in the bedroom at the front Were Margaret’s last and accidental gift To me. Before their hanging day, death’s stunt Destroyed her. She was sucked right through that rift...
by phillipw | Aug 19, 2022 | CA, DO, DR, SL
Unleaping He lies there in a leap, or so it seems. He lies there on the bed as if propelled In hunting. Maybe in his twitching dreams He saw a mouse or bird and felt compelled To grasp it in those whitest sleepy paws Though in a dream they couldn’t...
by phillipw | May 16, 2022 | DR
The Fix that Wasn’t He made a cup of coffee, cream and mild, So mild that Chuck would not have drunk it. He Preferred it black and strong and bitter, wild As Chuck’s addiction, which was white. The glee It gave him was a feral thrill. It blocked...
by phillipw | Feb 4, 2022 | DA, DR, FA, HA, HE, PE, SE, VA
Dreaming of the Coming Spring Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem They blossom, and then We gaze, and then the blooms Scatter, and then… ~ Onitsura The tightness of the winter now is...
by phillipw | Sep 23, 2021 | AD, CO, DR, HE, LO, PA
Ingredients That photo of the man, his little son, And summer sunlight on their cuddling skin Has disappeared. It was the only one Jill had and most importantly no sin Could be detected in it. But it’s lost. Jill wonders if Ray...