by phillipw | Sep 25, 2026 | AM, BI, CH, DE, DR, FR, HE, LO, LU, MA, SE, ST
Black Buckles Black No Matter What Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The grief for him does not belong to you Alone, though now you are alone, much more Alone. Black curly hair forever true Belongs to...
by phillipw | Sep 9, 2026 | AN, GA, GO, LU, SI
Sex Outside Heaven’s Gigantic Ménage a Trois, Thousands Upon Thousands and Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The leech, the spider and the rattlesnake Are evil. Evil is a...
by phillipw | Aug 26, 2026 | AR, GA, LU
Richard Wilbur in Omiscience Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem For Tom Wehtje When poetry is poetry, it zings Eternity as if the one true God Remembered after He had made the wings Of gold on Gabriel that...
by phillipw | Jun 4, 2026 | GL, LU
The Bends in a Bowler’s Butt and Bare Back Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Such sexual sport scenes all ought to be Cropped out and banned because you know that they Are prurient, because you know that we...
by phillipw | May 26, 2026 | LU, ME, SA
Tall and Big Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A man called life climbs up his marble stairs As lover, father, other pulsing parts Assigned to him, perhaps in different pairs, Half rhymes. Because we...
by phillipw | May 20, 2026 | LU
Heralds Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A butterfly gives beauty, pleasure, grace, All free for us — the beauty in its wings, The pleasure in its flight and floating pace. The beauty of its...
