by phillipw | Sep 9, 2026 | AN, GA, GO, LU, SI
Sex Outside Heaven’s Gigantic Ménage a Trois, Thousands Upon Thousands and Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The leech, the spider and the rattlesnake Are evil. Evil is a...
by phillipw | Aug 13, 2026 | GO, HA, IM, LO, SU, VE
After Xanadu the Muteness of My Heart Crying for Lucifer Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “If only,” says the lover, “I could dream Again the words of reverie in sleep, If I could capture in my chest the...
by phillipw | May 21, 2026 | AN, DE, DI, GO, RE
Pilgrims at Terror Creek “There is no effort on my brow, I do not strive,* I do not weep; I rush with the swift spheres and glow In joy, and when I will, I sleep.” ~ Matthew Arnold [speaking in the voice of Nature], Mortality Decaffeinated nature...
by phillipw | Jan 15, 2026 | DI, GO, SU
Omitting Divinities Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem So . . . what if we omitted God, that He Or She (whatever)? What if we should build A temple dedicated to a ski Slope? Maybe we could opt to shape...
by phillipw | Jan 12, 2026 | GO, SE, TH, TR
Piddling Emperors and Trunkless Legs* Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem God changes not, Eternal lack of feet, Not iron and clay, just iron without a toe, He waits beyond immortal, throne as seat, Unmoving...
by phillipw | Jan 11, 2026 | BA, DE, DI, GO
The Reason Bamboo was Created Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The long thick tubes that rise and dominate Were first created by a certain God, Perhaps an Oriental one whose fate Required him to be oddly...
