by phillipw | Aug 31, 2026 | CH, DE, LO, PA, ST
Liquid Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “The light in the cavern is daylight, not fire.” ~ Iris Murdoch, The Sea, the Sea Your loved one’s body, now destroyed by fire And lightning, cannot open as a ghost...
by phillipw | Aug 20, 2026 | AB, LO, MA, PA, YA
The Village Crops Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem His mother almost saw the seaweed brown In irises. Perhaps his father could Foresee his ocean travels and the gown Of graduation, but that likelihood Was...
by phillipw | Jul 30, 2026 | PA, SP
Upstarts for the Whole Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A mass of spiderlings spreads out alone But yet together. Mothers do not mean One jot to eight-legged critters. Their new zone Is living killing. ...
by phillipw | Jul 8, 2026 | PA
Oxymoron Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “One day still fierce ’mid many a day struck calm” ~ Robert Browning, The Ring and the Book A caring middle-class Republican Is not an oxymoron. “Paradox” Is also...
by phillipw | Jun 21, 2026 | CI, ED, MU, PA
Haunted Love Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Cicadas — sing — with — single-minded — zeal, — Their — passion — pushed, — pulsed — through the leaves and trees. Their song is sung so loudly that its...
by phillipw | Jun 7, 2026 | CO, PA, RE
“hell, nor am I out of it” Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Your yesteryears are not old embers, coals Imperial topaz in their blaze but now Are ashes, diamonds burnt by fire, are souls Reduced in...
