by phillipw | Dec 16, 2020 | AL, BA, GA, Ho, LO, PA, RO
The Prophet Addresses Bagoas Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Your heart will be volcano-like with force And lava. You will be the lightning bolt That he has always wanted, you the horse And he your...
by phillipw | Dec 14, 2020 | LO, PA, RO, SE, SY
The Specifications of a Dream You know the list. It specifies the smell Of hope and fragrance of your long lost love, The scent of it in bed and thrusting swell Of pillowed lust. The list contains the shove Of fleshy colored passion and the taste, The scarlet taste,...
by phillipw | Dec 4, 2020 | LO, RO, SE, Uncategorized, WR
Obliterations A world can disappear. If it is one That you created on the purity Of pages white as Jesus’ diamond sun, This world can shrink to an obscurity Wiped out by fact. Another world you built Upon the shock of beauty from blue eyes A woman...
by phillipw | Nov 28, 2020 | DE, LO, MA, SE
Redolence Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem As empty as a bed without a man, His warmth and hair, his shoulder and his thrust, His smell and breath, that widened, spread thigh span, Is...
by phillipw | Nov 28, 2020 | AU, GH, LO, NI, TH
Starving Phantoms Missing Thanksgiving Ghosts love to gather in the kitchens where We want our memories to be. The ghosts Are hungry. Famished ghosts would love to snare Lorena’s apple pie, the smell of roasts, Aroma of her pie when bringing slice And whipped cream...
by phillipw | Nov 27, 2020 | AR, GA, HE, Ho, LO, MA, PA, RI, ST, UN, VE
Wedded Love vs. Armpit Stench Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Romances sans Paroles (by Verlaine) has a “consistently high standard … and reflects his troubled emotional state over the rupture...
