by phillipw | Oct 4, 2026 | CH, GA, LO, RO, SE, ST
That First Fragrance Before Incense Was Ever Imagined Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem That air that doesn’t wish to be some thing It isn’t, like the first time that you smelled Him in the...
by phillipw | Oct 4, 2026 | CH, LO, RO, SE, ST
Twenty-four Carat Uncaring Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem His hair reduced to ashes blames the Christ Whom he presumed to love and who he thought Loved him, but then that God performed the heist Of life...
by phillipw | Sep 27, 2026 | FR, MA, PH, RO
Friends With and Without Benefits, a Rival in Arms Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A pair of blue green eyes and half a smile Hid half of hatred in the friendship, — love, — Whatever. Friendship’s by a...
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 | Aug 8, 2026 | CA, CO, DI, PH, PR, RO
Sexual Thrills Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Though night comes on, the rich shoot pheasants still. The greed of riches stretches wide, more wide Than range of gloss on colors now, though chill The...
by phillipw | Jun 23, 2026 | HE, LO, MA, RO
“My desolation does begin to make A better life” ~ William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When desolation comes, it drags a chance Behind it as in Caesar’s train. The...
