by phillipw | May 5, 2024 | KI, NI
NØught Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Kierkegaard As faintly as the cosmos feels our breath, It feels our hearts much less, that’s if it reads At all their beats. Significance Macbeth, As hardened in...
by phillipw | Feb 7, 2024 | JA, NI
James Points the Way to Future, Foreign Adventures My plane takes off not quite as bumpy in That flight beyond the crabgrass at the end Of runway launch as Piper Cub wings win The sunshine wind of Florida, extend Their grip and take us jostling through the air Above a...
by phillipw | Oct 25, 2021 | NI
The Road through the Gate Past Grace Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The roadway leads from nowhere on and on To nowhere. Sunset and horizon loom, Yet nothing is beyond. The road to dawn Roves,...
by phillipw | Jul 1, 2021 | DR, NI, PS, SU, UN
Unborn Worlds Our dreams unborn await us in the dark, The darkest and the deepest part of brain. Our dreams are not like honey. They are stark Like lust and stinging venom. They want stain And swelling to remain once they have left Us harmed. A bee, or...
by phillipw | Apr 15, 2021 | DA, DR, ME, NI
Strata Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Our memories bring us home to more than just Ourselves, or rather to those selves that we Once were and later. Souvenirs are trussed Up in...
by phillipw | Mar 30, 2021 | DU, EV, NI, SU, TW
Pensive Radiance A melancholy glory comes while light Begins to dim. The sky and earth resume Another twilight, herald of a night Like brooding. Far too glass-like to be gloom, The early evening glows like gentle glass Designed to spread the slightly...
