by phillipw | Sep 27, 2024 | CE, DE, LA, MA
November Calm Forgets Them Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We want to sleep as pears and apples lined Up in the autumn thinking not of graves. Our cemeteries are too much refined. New England’s basements...
by phillipw | Aug 17, 2024 | MA, SU
Prescription Aforethought Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem It is as if he is an injured pulse Inside a ghost, assuming that a ghost Is more than vacuum. His veins convulse Despair. He thinks he...
by phillipw | Aug 10, 2024 | MA
Malé At times I’ve lived where palm trees set the scene. At certain times I lived where young men pace In night-time parks dressed up and moonlight keen For something like romance. They cleanse a space Around them so they do not...
by phillipw | Aug 8, 2024 | BO, CO, CU, DU, MA, ME, PE, PH
Suspended Pistols Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem Most men are made of crudest iron in shapes Like penises instead of thorns. These blunt Iron prickles make their forced, demanding scrapes In victims often in...
by phillipw | Aug 6, 2024 | GE, MA
Postpartum Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A sonnet inspired by the painting “Au Bal,” by Berthe Morisot When women see a thing, they see it not As men do. Just as color blindness comes...
by phillipw | Jul 28, 2024 | LO, MA, PE, RO
Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Most pearls are prized because the luster of Their loveliness lies held in shape of spheres — Though never perfect. Given with a love Strung out on strings of strength to...
