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...
by phillipw | Mar 14, 2026 | CA, MA, MO, RO, SU, SY
Presiding Higher than Priesthood Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If you could be a purple pinion’s prayer, What words and incantations would you sing, What syllables would lift you into air Beyond — where...
by phillipw | Mar 11, 2026 | MO, RO, TO
Blinded Montesquiou The darkness on the tomb of Montesquiou And next to it, abated by the sky Of clouds of white and by the dome of blue, Is emphasized with dirt and algae by It and upon it. Dirtiness is shrill Upon the grave . . . and not to mention weeds Would be...
by phillipw | Mar 7, 2026 | AR, BR, EL, MA, MI, MO, Ta, Uncategorized
Beauties and the Beasts Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Jean-Paul Belmondo, Barbra Streisand, such As these hold up the hope that ugly folk Can be attractive, sexy just as much As Doris Day and Rock. An...
by phillipw | Mar 4, 2026 | AE, BE, ES, HI, LA, LO, MO, Uncategorized, VI
A Trinity of Beauties Female and Male Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Where Lakshmi lies, see beauties all complete, Replete abundance and prosperity. She holds her pure perfection in her suite (Of...
by phillipw | Feb 26, 2026 | CA, MI, MO, Uncategorized
A Cat Means Love . . . Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem . . . But then you have to know that claws and teeth Are parts of what a cat is. If you can Not deal with killing facts, then you’re beneath...
