by phillipw | Dec 3, 2025 | LO, NE, RO
In the Arteries Inside the Artesian Chest Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Artesian arteries are filled with hosts Of angels. They go flowing from the heart, Are heaved along by love, replacing ghosts In...
by phillipw | Oct 24, 2025 | FI, NE, PO, ST
“To Unpathed Waters, Undreamed Shores”: My Hauling Work Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem It is as if you pull upon a net And bring up starfish—and . . . with them the stars, The Pleiades, the seven stars...
by phillipw | Sep 7, 2025 | CO, NE, TW, Uncategorized
The Connecticut Twin Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I dreamed I had a twin up north, more twin Than not, not quite conjoined and not the same; . . . Identical in soul. Loves underpin Our...
by phillipw | Aug 31, 2025 | CO, NE, TW, Uncategorized
“And the fiery heart of youth” I dreamed I had a twin up north, more twin Than not, not quite conjoined but closely same, Identical in soul, New England spin Inside us both. A pheasant’s breast aflame With afternoon’s Connecticut light rays Revealed this relative...
by phillipw | Jul 8, 2025 | NE, PS, RE, SU
As Close as Your Father Inside You Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Those things we fail to meld organic in Our lives may well come back to marrow-haunt Us. Since these issues have been stored within...
by phillipw | Apr 22, 2025 | NE
Entropy The only space in which unending light Occurs, spreads out, ideal, towards everywhere Is in Jerusalem in Saint John’s sight On Patmos. Love of God has driven him spare, Poor thing, a non-existent God (like all Divinities), so madness makes much...
