by phillipw | Feb 7, 2025 | AE, OL, RO
God Turned Night to Light, but . . . Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He knew his instincts and he knew them right, As right as when Jehovah ordered space And time, as when His beard proclaimed the light...
by phillipw | Sep 9, 2024 | CH, OL
Colossal Crimes Called Civilization Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Heroic heads of hammered stone lay vast Beneath the steaming soil for centuries, held In secret hiding from us all a past...
by phillipw | Jun 14, 2024 | AN, BE, BR, FL, GR, OL, Uncategorized
Temples, Temple Oranges Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Take the orange petals, Take the olive leaves” ~ Lorca, “Baladilla de los tres ríos” Some poet somewhere ought to write about The orange...
by phillipw | May 22, 2024 | FA, MA, OL, PU
He Had to Leave his Old Man’s Hot Water Bottle to Come Out to Work Today Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I do not know quite why, but I can tell The puppeteer I cannot see is old. Perhaps it is his...
by phillipw | Feb 5, 2024 | GE, OL, SH, WI
He Looks as Old as Hatred Now Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Alas, poor Yorick” “instruments of darkness tell us truths” ~ Shakespeare, Macbeth He looks as old as hatred now. This scene...
by phillipw | Jan 11, 2023 | AR, KY, OL, SA, SO
Some Things Don’t Need Recollection An old man takes his time to wrap around His sag of flesh the armor. This care’s not Because he fears the fight or battle ground. It’s just because his joints are are stiff and fraught With aches. One younger...
