by phillipw | Apr 7, 2026 | GA, MA
The Truth is Harder than Marble Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When they were finished with the robber, he Was shoved down in a hole they dug beside The place they killed him. No ceremony Marked off the...
by phillipw | Mar 29, 2026 | FR, LO, MA, RO, Uncategorized
Alloy of Stainless Steel and Gold Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When you came into life, my life, the full moon rose At height of day. No, not a quarter moon Or crescent moon, this full moon shed...
by phillipw | Mar 25, 2026 | MA, RO, WE
Romeo and Juliet, Those Innocents Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The big mistake they make was not in love. The massive error was in thinking they Should rush to marriage in unthinking shove. This pair...
by phillipw | Mar 21, 2026 | BI, BL, FR, LO, MA, RO
Blended Blood Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I want your blood inside my heart. I want My blood inside your auricles, your Enlarging ventricles. I want to haunt Them all with scarlet love. I want...
by phillipw | Mar 19, 2026 | FO, MA, ME, MO, PA
Marriage Carried On in a Morgue Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Sometimes you feel that you are like corpse A necrophiliac ignores. He mounts You more as if it were his duty, warps The meaning of the...
by phillipw | Mar 16, 2026 | MA, MO, RO
The French Oscar Wilde Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem His soul is cancer’s breath, gray groaning, screams Of falsity. His sleeping slickened snores Of evil fill the room like lava streams In hell, an...
