by phillipw | May 20, 2021 | LO, LU, SE
Men as Objects of Desire The myths have got it right about the males And females. Males are hunters in each myth. They go out stalking victims in these tales And tragedy results. The females, with A sudden craze, are forced to fall in love With men who love to...
by phillipw | May 14, 2021 | FU, LO, RO, SE
Midas Touch He wants to make his lovers glow like gold, Except that gold is tame. He wants to make them Glow, gold eternity, that makes them scold The lesser beauties. He will lift the hem Of death since it is only thin gold rags And find beyond it...
by phillipw | May 4, 2021 | LO, RO, SE
Black Regrets–Sénanque Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He holds a postcard in his hand. The view Is of an abbey high in chalky hills (Provençe). The abbey there of...
by phillipw | Apr 25, 2021 | LO
Spontaneous Combustion .Modern poetry odern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I mastered it. It mastered me, became The fire, and it became the whole of me. A moment just before was calm, but flame Exploded. You were...
by phillipw | Apr 25, 2021 | CH, LO, RO, ST
What the Pharaohs Commanded in Looking Glasses Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He lives inside the past. Back then he filled A tiny room, but now it glows. The walls Are echoed glass. My spinal...
by phillipw | Apr 22, 2021 | FU, IN, LO, SE, UT
Predicted before Midnight We make the world anew at night in bed. I make it in you and you take it in You deeply, and you take it deeper, spread Yourself to take it deeper than the sin That Eve and Adam shared. You take it’s deep And turn it into newness there...
