by phillipw | Apr 23, 2025 | RO
Color Possibilities in Love Jeremiah 17:9 Love’s color is the color only God Knows. Maybe it is like a red unseen By human eyes. If they could see its odd Refraction through a prism, sexed or clean, The tint would wither from discovery. The human heart is...
by phillipw | Apr 17, 2025 | RO
Romance Full Blown and Ripened Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Yes, even if a Giant Redwood held A song in every needle lifted high Towards heaven, even if these ballads swelled Forever upward and...
by phillipw | Apr 16, 2025 | GA, LO, RO
Your Mouth Deserves a Tropical Seashore of Kisses Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The palm tree is an echo of our time Together in our love, reverberates It curving parts much more than echoes. Rhyme...
by phillipw | Apr 16, 2025 | CH, Ho, RE, RO, SE
Semana Santa in Sevilla Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Flamenco singing calls for death to come. Death lives forever, stubborn, in Seville. In Holy Week the living, nearly numb From saints and...
by phillipw | Apr 14, 2025 | CH, Ho, RO, SE, SP
Hard and Soft The virgin wearing her mantilla for Her crinoline bewitches men along The street. They feel their semen soar Among their ribs. They hear her silent song Commencing from her masklike face that turns To left and right but looks at none of...
by phillipw | Mar 24, 2025 | HE, KI, MU, RO
Sinagogue of Atonement Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Brandon Jovanovich (2007 Winner) – Winterstürme We all desire a perfect player of Romantic kisses, lips that make the flames Of passion’s...
