by phillipw | Aug 5, 2024 | AR, PE, PR, underarm hair
Prophetic Suppositions Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We have to guess if prophets ever wore perfume. They do not tell us if they did. Just where They dabbed it (if they did), within the plume...
by phillipw | Jul 17, 2024 | CA, LO, MO, PH, PR
Cutie Pie Cat The pink-nosed face of Prospero my cat, Pink nose and white fur face, is what he rubs Against me, purring. He does not know that I love him since he’s cute. My finger scrubs His whiskers and his ears because I think He likes that kind...
by phillipw | Jul 16, 2024 | AM, AN, DE, HA, PO, PR
Delphi Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem To die while the dew Is yet undried, that would have Meaningless meaning. ~ Kōyō [Englished and twisted by Phillip Whidden; the more correct...
by phillipw | Jul 7, 2024 | CA, DE, OX, PA, PR
Shade The quiet, silent things send echoes through Each other. Rosebush leaves above the tom That naps beneath them are more quiet, strew Their silence down, reverberating calm On nearly silent breathing through his two Pink nostrils held by...
by phillipw | Jun 13, 2024 | EL, PR, RE
No Need to Lament Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Since fire is always chaste, we do not need To know its secret. Smoke is not its soul. Its soul is more a blue and yellow steed That rages...
by phillipw | Jun 11, 2024 | CA, PR
Night and Day a Mystery Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem My cat is twitching on my lap. His dreams Are patent leather to my eyes, more black Than death inside a universe that streams With...
