by phillipw | Feb 19, 2021 | LO, RO, UN
Vacuum Love Because I cannot reach and touch you with My hand or lips, my love remains the gray Of ashes and of cancelled god-filled myth. Divinity is elsewhere like the spray Of neutered tomcats, visible only To queen cat noses. It is that perfume That...
by phillipw | Feb 18, 2021 | LO, RO
Marquise Memory Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A perfect diamond moment firm and bright In memory of the past shines glinting, brief, But faceted with purity. A night, A single night...
by phillipw | Feb 17, 2021 | LO, SE, UN
Deep Love You need some sort of bathysphere to keep Harm walled from overwhelming emotion. You need some sort of diving bell in deep, Steep love to save from harm of devotion. There’s gloom in fathoms and in dooming love. In muddy river water as the...
by phillipw | Feb 16, 2021 | LO, RO, UN
Evening Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Your life is time. This evening floats past time And lingers in eternity. The light Of dusk means more. It borders the sublime Because...
by phillipw | Feb 14, 2021 | AP, AR, DE, LO, LU
Not to Be Eclipsed Artemis and Apollo Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He settles into quietness, a moon That does not give a care about eclipse. He settles into desperate calm, a noon Ruled...
by phillipw | Feb 11, 2021 | CA, LO, MO, RO
Love’s Lunge at Long Last The moon in near remoteness, when compared With sun, and stars, and planets, makes its slow Fast way above us after being snared By gravity like weighty love below It, heft of earth’s devotion countless years Ago, four billion years ago...
