by phillipw | Oct 12, 2025 | NI, SK
Migrations Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When skylarks sing, their soaring circling cheer Goes up in spirals in a glistening height. Yet where these glories reach, they disappear. The song...
by phillipw | Sep 6, 2025 | DA, DR, NI
Dreams Redreamed Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The dreams you do not want to dream again Are damned upon you, over, over, new But always old, again, again, in pain. They come as bruises, always...
by phillipw | Aug 27, 2025 | DR, NI, SE, Uncategorized
Against the Tide Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He always had an undertow beneath His skin, but as in nightmares he did not Know what it meant. It was like a sheath Around his member holding...
by phillipw | Aug 1, 2025 | DR, HE, NI, PS, SL
The Disinfected Gallery of the Therapied Brain Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem So clear and yet ambiguous the scene Holds more — a haunting on the canvas, ghost As moon predicting death, the muzzle keen...
by phillipw | Jul 21, 2025 | FR, NI, PH, PL
A Deaf Man Eavesdropping ~ a phrase from R. H. Blyth Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Since Plato was a deaf man eavesdropping, We do not have to pay attention to That man. Philosophy went out shopping...
by phillipw | Jul 11, 2025 | BU, DR, FO, GI, NI, Uncategorized
Not Exactly the Minotaur’s Maze at the Bottom of the Marianna Trench Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem You know what dreams are. Poetry in sleep They tease us with their challenges and knots. Our...
