by phillipw | Apr 11, 2026 | BA, RO, Uncategorized, WI, YE
“from everywhere, from nowhere” ~ R. H. Blyth Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I hand the cosmos over to your heart And hand. Why not? I do not have the power To give it to you, but because pure heart...
by phillipw | Apr 3, 2026 | LO, RO
Thunder Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The tremors on a tropic shoreline shake Exotic flowers, (farther in the land Of jungle) on the island. Petals quake In sensitivity. Along the strand By ocean...
by phillipw | Apr 1, 2026 | CH, LO, RO, ST
Seen by No One Else Under the Stars Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Though quite invisible the utter kiss Felt flung across the cosmos in its night. The lips of both of us sang out with hiss Though silent...
by phillipw | Mar 29, 2026 | FR, LO, MA, RO, Uncategorized
Alloy of Stainless Steel and Gold Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When you came into life, my life, the full moon rose At height of day. No, not a quarter moon Or crescent moon, this full moon shed...
by phillipw | Mar 27, 2026 | HE, LO, RO, SE, Uncategorized
She Rises Up to Heights Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem You hit her with a rose, she shivers. Stick Her with the malest part of you, she moans. You stroke her with that flesh, she shivers, slick. You...
by phillipw | Mar 25, 2026 | BL, MI, RO, Uncategorized, VA
Deflated and Drained as if by Undead Fangs Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem My blood not red now flows like white streams through My veins, my arteries, capillaries And heart. I do not have a heart to sue...