by phillipw | May 17, 2026 | FR, MA, PH
Because Their Matter Is Not Consummate “Perfection wrought of love and pain” ~ Alfred, Lord Tennyson—lover of Arthur Hallam In Memoriam A.H.H., Canto XXXIX • Line 11 “Love one another with a pure heart fervently. See that ye love one another.” “Already the words are...
by phillipw | Apr 29, 2026 | FR
Frogs Waiting to be Gigged in a South Georgia Pond Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Frogs never sing of beauty, love or youth. They sing complacently, instead, of death Although in spring they do not know...
by phillipw | Mar 31, 2026 | FR, ID, SU, UN
Soil and Trouble Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Act IV, scene 1 The mysteries embraced in midnights of The mind take masterful control of heart And other organs. Lust replaces love Like cuckoos lay...
by phillipw | Mar 29, 2026 | FR, LO, MA, RO, Uncategorized
Alloy of Stainless Steel and Gold Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When you came into life, my life, the full moon rose At height of day. No, not a quarter moon Or crescent moon, this full moon shed...
by phillipw | Mar 24, 2026 | CH, FI, FR, JO, Uncategorized
A Voice, not an Echo Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Do not let someone else invade your core Identity. Do not let her or him Transpose the truest you or change your score. The serenade, the nocturne or...
by phillipw | Mar 21, 2026 | BI, BL, FR, LO, MA, RO
Blended Blood Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I want your blood inside my heart. I want My blood inside your auricles, your Enlarging ventricles. I want to haunt Them all with scarlet love. I want...
