by phillipw | Apr 12, 2026 | CL, DE, EP, ET, FU, MI, SA, Uncategorized
Flown to Rest Forever and Forever Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The valley leads to distance and to clouds. Beyond them comes horizon that we see With seer’s mind’s eye through the evening shrouds. Then...
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 12, 2026 | AB, BA, FU, JO, Uncategorized
Triumphant Trance Music Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Batons of beauty and its undertow Bring up the signature of melodies And harmonies that fugal Bach would grow If he were not entombed and he could...
by phillipw | Feb 20, 2026 | CO, CU, FU, SE, Uncategorized
This is a sexually explicit sonnet. Do not read it or look at its illustration if sexually explicit material will offend you. Do not complain since you were warned. Hedonism as Heroic Truth Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern...
by phillipw | Jan 11, 2026 | FU, PA
Tomorrowless and Tomorrowless and Tomorrowless Like an Ill-conceived Necklace Minus Chain Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Perhaps you’ve thought about it. It’s not new To you. They think we have a...
by phillipw | Jan 11, 2026 | FU
The Mouth Tomorrow waits, a gaping gob. In fact The future bares its teeth, a gaping throat, Its lips with spittle dripping. We can act, But like an idiot we must misquote The universe if we prefer a smile To truth. If not a slobbering moron, then The cosmos...
