by phillipw | Mar 27, 2026 | AU, CA, LO, Uncategorized, WI
Cypress, Jasmine, Orange Blossoms Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The cypress tree that raises roots above Those swamps beyond the space port launch and far Away from gantries and gigantic shove Of...
by phillipw | Mar 21, 2026 | BI, BL, FR, LO, MA, RO
Blended Blood Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I want your blood inside my heart. I want My blood inside your auricles, your Enlarging ventricles. I want to haunt Them all with scarlet love. I want...
by phillipw | Mar 10, 2026 | BL, CH, CR, JE, LO
Hearts’ Veins are Colored Blue By the breath of his mouth Blue, azure, all their shining shades show truth. The lightest blue was first of colors from The breath of Christ. That blue was perfect youth Jehovah first imagined in the hum Of heaven’s music. Since that...
by phillipw | Mar 10, 2026 | BL, LO, SA
Reflections and Prisms Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The color blue, the looking glass of mind When it pretends to separate the real From Keats’ ideal, though made from diamonds mined, Is much like...
by phillipw | Mar 8, 2026 | LO, PA, RO, SE, Uncategorized
Because of Cemetery Stones Modern poetry modern verse conteern poem mporary poetry contemporary verse modcontemporary poem I want my husband, call him what you will, To cover me with selfish, manly hate. I want the emptiness of holes to spill The universe’s...
by phillipw | Mar 7, 2026 | DE, LO
Craving Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Go seeking round the world and you will find No truth as great and large as your desire. It has its holy place with love enshrined Where mothers of dead children...