by phillipw | Sep 8, 2026 | IN, PO, RO, SH
Writing Iago and Macbeth Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We know the truest playwrights, poets see The world through lenses not their own, but through The organs of the characters they free Up on the...
by phillipw | Sep 3, 2026 | OD, PO, PT
Sacred Stanzas of Assassination Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Gods—Odin, Bragi—gruesomeness, give lines To bards as shamans. Shame lacks any ruth. Their stanzas grow strict dinosauric spines For...
by phillipw | Aug 31, 2026 | AM, FR, IN, JU, PO, SU, UN
Conclusionless Moments Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A present that does not contain the past And future weights as falsity, a rose Of toilet paper. Time contains a vast Uncertainty if prophecy lacks...
by phillipw | Aug 16, 2026 | BE, BI, CO, GA, PO, RE, SA, SE
Slave Owner Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “whipping Courtenay in some posture or another” The Gothick lover Beckford bends to whip His boy. The whipper bends himself in shape That shocks...
by phillipw | Aug 3, 2026 | EP, FR, PO, TR
“mental squint””mental squint” Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary “mental squint” Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary...
by phillipw | Aug 3, 2026 | FR, PO, WA, WH
“The straightforward pathway had been lost.” ~ Dante Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Far from the madding crowd’s ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learned to stray.”...
