by phillipw | Sep 27, 2023 | CO, GA, LO, PI, RO, SA, SI, ST, TE, Uncategorized
Harlequin in Guise of Tuberculosis Hovering When love is played in luscious settings, clowns Are needed. Sad or comic they can be But never tragic, really, dressed in gowns That do not give the game away. We see Them loving like doom’s humans, threatening clown Just...
by phillipw | Sep 25, 2023 | LO, UN
Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He has a lover who refuses him The things he hopes for, clearest texts from love And frequent prompts as if a holy hymn Were being sent, a hymn as if...
by phillipw | Sep 24, 2023 | CH, LO, RO, UN, Uncategorized
Wide and Narrow in Their Fate Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Aurora borealis touches dreams Of men and poets as they wander through The realm of loving, hopeful planetary streams Of matter from the...
by phillipw | Jul 17, 2023 | LO, RO, UN
The Fingers of a Believer Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Disciple Thomas thrust his fingers in The slit. Did he feel blood and warmth, a squish Of slickness, flesh, fulfilment, or just sin Of...
by phillipw | Jul 7, 2023 | AB, LO, RO, SA, SE
Sanctity in the Dawn I wake up in the first light, launched to love. I wake up fraught as if the Holy Ghost Filled both my lungs and hovered just above Each vein and artery and bone, engrossed Me everywhere inside my soul. Of course It is not God who rams...
by phillipw | Jun 22, 2023 | LO, RO, UN
Loves Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “My old dreams disappeared when you arrived.” ~ La Bohème Nine thousand million people, even more, Have known those operatic karats in...
