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...
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...
