by phillipw | Mar 1, 2026 | FA, Uncategorized
Piety in Front of Perfected Contrapposto ‘‘fall short of the glory’’ The sculpture bends, impossible to curve Like that, but there he is, a headlong thrust To needful beauty and a hipslong swerve To teasing sacredness. You long to gust Desire inside those bronze or...
by phillipw | Feb 17, 2026 | FA, KA
Karma in Sandusky When everything seems hidden in God’s mist, When nature has become a giant shield Against our seeing details men have missed, Then suddenly sad circumstances yield A swath of death not prophesied. A storm The night before forced college...
by phillipw | Feb 15, 2026 | DE, FA, SE, SP
The Breath of Pearls in April Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem It is as if departing April held Late cherry blossoms, hesitating with Them in reluctant arms. She feels compelled By threat of summer with...
by phillipw | Feb 13, 2026 | DE, FA, GE, RO, SA
Railway r׀g׀d׀ty Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this life”? [or something like that] Life has this way of wrangling men to do The things...
by phillipw | Jan 31, 2026 | AS, AU, FA, MA, PA, Uncategorized
Solemn Piano Music Forever Ecstatic Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When autumn comes, it comes because it goes In everyone. Because it goes, it comes Outside and in us. Autumn does not doze But grows...
by phillipw | Jan 9, 2026 | FA, GE
Fancy Fan Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The geisha with her bashful bold white face And sweetheart lips attends the monied man With tempting purity. She knows disgrace Of women all around the...
