by phillipw | Apr 2, 2026 | HA, HE, SE, ST
The Consummate Flower Girl Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He wishes for a voice as frail as pink In fading peonies except in bed While in her, wants her gestures like a mink Glove rubbing him until a...
by phillipw | Mar 27, 2026 | HE, LO, RO, SE, Uncategorized
She Rises Up to Heights Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem You hit her with a rose, she shivers. Stick Her with the malest part of you, she moans. You stroke her with that flesh, she shivers, slick. You...
by phillipw | Mar 22, 2026 | HE, MO, RO
Pox-marked Identical Twin Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem My heart is like the moon, the cratered sphere, The fissured moon so badly damaged that It wanders looking for itself both there and here In...
by phillipw | Mar 13, 2026 | BU, HE, Uncategorized
Sunrise and Evenings Far Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Büsser: Sleep of the infant Jesus – YouTube The sovereign we call music comes and goes, And hovers. Transient each note and chord Floats...
by phillipw | Mar 7, 2026 | AR, GR, HE, JA, MA
Love’s Labors Cost Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I read that Jacqueline took money from Onassis for her clothes as part of her A Look Back at Jackie Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis’s Wedding...
by phillipw | Feb 28, 2026 | CO, CR, DR, HE, LU, RO
Speedy Affliction Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Addiction is an evil when it brings You love. The Greeks were right about that drug Delivered by an arrow. Its point stings You with the chemical. That...
