by phillipw | Sep 4, 2026 | BY, EM, GI, MO, RA
Tridacna Maxima Tridacna Giges Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Within the Giant Clam there, deep, awaits A flowing spiral, flowing in its shape Though fixed in stiffness. Spirals have their fates As if...
by phillipw | Aug 30, 2026 | MO
Mucus as Music Or Purgatorio Transposed to Torture Only Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Response to Thomas Adès “Purgatorio” When music has been mashed to noises made As only ugly sounds, yes, almost all...
by phillipw | Jul 13, 2026 | MO, TR
Go Away, Brutal Poets Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “The unripe grape, the ripe, the dried . . . All things are changes, not into nothing, but into that which is not present.” ~ Marcus Aurelius The...
by phillipw | May 30, 2026 | MO, TR
Ageless with a Negative Meaning Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem They accidentally write their own demise. They paint and sculpt the doom of blind collapse Of arts’ acceptance in the eyes Of men and women...
by phillipw | May 29, 2026 | MO
Undeserving Heirs in the Great Cemetery Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The heirs of poetry and other arts Do not just wait among the tombstones’ graves With lines carved hard in marble. Men with hearts...
by phillipw | May 19, 2026 | BU, LU, MO, PI, Uncategorized
Lepidoptera Pilgrims Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem They flick from flower onto flower, ways And ways, but as a broken way of flicks And flutters, flickering through religious days; Or, if as moths...
