by phillipw | Aug 26, 2026 | HE, WH, WO
Helen Remembers Woodrow as a Young Man Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Woodrow in overalls in a colorized photo a few years before Helen met him. She sees him standing on the wooden porch On Cape...
by phillipw | Aug 25, 2026 | AB, GA, HE, Ho, Sonnet
Sea Silk Creations Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem It is as if true love is like the sea Silk fibers now so rare. The real omits Them if we do not weave an organdie Affection. Beds are full of...
by phillipw | Jun 27, 2026 | EM, HE, TH, WA, WH
Eyes for Seeing The curse, the pang with which they died, Had never passed away; I could not draw my eyes from theirs, Nor lift them up to pray. ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge Their eyes still stare through death that you and I Cannot...
by phillipw | Jun 23, 2026 | HE, LO, MA, RO
“My desolation does begin to make A better life” ~ William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When desolation comes, it drags a chance Behind it as in Caesar’s train. The...
by phillipw | Jun 7, 2026 | BI, CO, DE, HE, Sonnet
Heaven and Earth Are Full Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Pleni sunt cæli et terra gorya tua. Both Heaven and earth are full of sly, gory Results of thy creation. Black holes eat The matter and the light...
by phillipw | Apr 24, 2026 | HA, HE, MI
The Brevity of Erato’s Emotions Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Imagination’s sea has haar upon It. If the sun is setting, then a red Embraces mist, yet if the sun in dawn Is wooing haze, then varied...