by phillipw | Apr 7, 2026 | FO, FU, PO
Muskrat Mourning Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When warmer spring weighs in, she puts away Her winter furs. The spring makes storage sad. Unlike her neighbors, then she feels the sway Of minor...
by phillipw | Mar 19, 2026 | FO, MA, ME, MO, PA
Marriage Carried On in a Morgue Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Sometimes you feel that you are like corpse A necrophiliac ignores. He mounts You more as if it were his duty, warps The meaning of the...
by phillipw | Feb 24, 2026 | CR, FO
The Threat Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The crab goes scrabbling past small shells but halts In sidewise walk. He stops because he comes Upon a footprint. Crabby, side-ways waltz Goes...
by phillipw | Aug 23, 2025 | AS, FO, PR, SA, Uncategorized
It Is as If Giotto Knows the Utter Truth “A man becomes a monk and after several years he gets satori, but what has happened to his common sense? Without common sense it is impossible to please God.” R. H. Blyth, vol. 5, p. 21 There’s ignorance and then...
by phillipw | Jul 11, 2025 | BU, DR, FO, GI, NI, Uncategorized
Not Exactly the Minotaur’s Maze at the Bottom of the Marianna Trench Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem You know what dreams are. Poetry in sleep They tease us with their challenges and knots. Our...
by phillipw | Jun 23, 2024 | FO, HE, Ho, SE
Full Length the Goal Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “the tiniest of hearts” ~ Lorca, “Preludio” Lorca My fingers grow the tiniest of hearts While finding love. They...
