by phillipw | Feb 27, 2026 | AB, FR, KI, LO
Alone, Alone Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He’s sitting up alone. His friend sends lines As...
by phillipw | Feb 25, 2026 | LO, MA
His Mane Is Not Frozen Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The stallion has a stab wound in his eye. The tempered steel is lodged there still with blood. The bride that was now has a woman’s sty Beside black...
by phillipw | Feb 25, 2026 | BE, BR, DE, LO, Uncategorized
For Love and Worse Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The old, the old, they sit, required to keep Their lips sewn tight. The old, the old, they sit And stare at walls where men, the men, would sleep Before...
by phillipw | Feb 23, 2026 | AU, LO, WI
Pitiless Love at La Grange Burial Ground Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A cloud-like breeze in Florida flows through The cemetery. Headstones with their names And dates don’t notice breezes. Hopes once...
by phillipw | Feb 10, 2026 | LO, SP
Lovely Loneliness Is the Mood Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He has the springtime hilltops in his chest. They rise inside him with their ridges wrought In new-leaved green. Small mountains with each...
by phillipw | Feb 9, 2026 | HA, LO, MO, VI
The Beauty of the Body of Lord Hanuman Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A bird of prey delivered holy food for Anjana. Held up hands received the gift. Her eating of it made her womb to soar There in the...
