by phillipw | Mar 1, 2026 | LO, RO
Supernity in Thighs Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem God lets us die because our love spills wide In love. Do not let any poison stain Our arteries. Let each one be the bride And husband both. Let every...
by phillipw | Feb 28, 2026 | CO, CR, DR, HE, LU, RO
Speedy Affliction Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Addiction is an evil when it brings You love. The Greeks were right about that drug Delivered by an arrow. Its point stings You with the chemical. That...
by phillipw | Feb 13, 2026 | DE, FA, GE, RO, SA
Railway r׀g׀d׀ty Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this life”? [or something like that] Life has this way of wrangling men to do The things...
by phillipw | Feb 4, 2026 | OU, RO, TI
Forget about Newton, Einstein and All That Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee to-night.” 5.1.34 Who cares about infinity of space, If space is infinite? The mind may...
by phillipw | Feb 4, 2026 | CH, LO, RO, ST
Purgatory or Hell Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When I am dead, I want to be a hot, Hot, hotter kind of smoke, the hottest smoke A ghost can be. I want this smoke, and not, For only you. I want to...
by phillipw | Jan 27, 2026 | PH, RO, SE, SN
Not Exactly Hypatia Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem She struck him as a woman lacking thought, At least no semblance of a thought that she Originated. Taking what she ought To think, she sometimes tried...
