by phillipw | Aug 10, 2021 | FL, TI
Condemned Mosquito heat envelopes everyone In Titusville and then come clouds pumped out From funnels on the trucks, poison to stun The stings before they reach with pointed snout Their victims. White men and the black ones search Out dark brown...
by phillipw | May 9, 2021 | DE, FL, PE
Flowers and Flamingos Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem It suffers violence but it does not know What violence is. Is blossom pink less real Because it does not know a cruel blow Might be delivered to...
by phillipw | May 3, 2021 | DR, FL
Bloody Queen Mary Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When fed from underneath, a flame is hard To quench. The fire burns from the deepest down Domains. The hottest flame cuts like a shard...
by phillipw | Mar 7, 2021 | AM, BO, BR, CH, EN, FL, MA, PL, RU, SM
International Geographic The tawny boys run through the woods and streets Wherever they are raised, in rural realms Of citrus Florida, where sunshine meets Them under orange grove trees or under elms In England—everywhere. They build their dykes Or dams, their...
by phillipw | Feb 28, 2021 | DR, FL, RE
Escape from Recurring Pain The water comes before, then comes the flow Of water after. Now, forever, these First lead then follow. Floods or trickles go Wherever they insist. Priests can’t appease Them. Always they repeat their sequence, force, Retreat, return. ...
by phillipw | Dec 15, 2020 | CH, EP, FL, FR, JO, OT, PH, RO, SP
Epiphany not Abruptness A mamba crosses paths with you. A shark Fin heaves to view in nearby waves. A plague Ramps out across the world. A winging lark Explodes from cover at your feet. No vague, Uncertain certainty like fate explains The threat, the...
