by phillipw | Jan 31, 2026 | IM, RE
Religionists Are Like Pooh, a Bear of Very Little Brain Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem While milking breasts of immortality, That tortured stretched out, racked out thought of life, We find the awful...
by phillipw | Jan 21, 2026 | IM, PH
Esemplastic Power Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A fish that nearly fills Antarctic seas, Its oceans, quite as much, a thousand miles Across, swims nearly large enough to please A poet’s...
by phillipw | Jan 12, 2026 | IM
Cavemen and Emperors Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Attempts to think like Washington at war While we are in our studies lined with chintz And books are doomed, a doomed and wingless chore. We can’t...
by phillipw | Jan 9, 2026 | AN, BA, BR, FL, HA, IM, LU, VI
Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Imagine banjos made of silk, their strings Of satin and their cases made of cloth That’s stiffened just enough so music sings Its melodies as if a luna moth Has met the...
by phillipw | Jun 13, 2025 | AE, BU, ES, IM, SA, Uncategorized
Sabi and “Kubla Khan” Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “withered the health and the spirits of his bride” ~ Edgar Allen Poe, “The Oval Portrait” The poet left his lines unfinished—and Unfinished it...
by phillipw | Dec 13, 2024 | IM, JU
Bluegrass Reverie in the Spirit of the Ages Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I want the hurricane to quit its hate And turn to Caribbean breeze in palm And orchid blooms. I dream a winter’s skate On ice...
