by phillipw | Jul 11, 2026 | AN, CI, DE, IM, IN, SE, SO, Sonnet
John 1:3 Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The insects and the birds sing out their sounds As if to make a choir of imps combined With seraphim all singing separate rounds Together, notes and screes of...
by phillipw | Jul 9, 2026 | BE, SE, SN
Grave Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem the empty words of a dream Remembered on waking ~ Robert Bridges, “I Love All Beauteous Things” Too much like words of Lucifer who wakes From falling...
by phillipw | Jul 3, 2026 | EV, GA, SE, SN
Galatians 6 verse 7 (KJV) Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “because talking about the Way makes it not the Way” ~ Sôshi When poets think they have poetic rights To talk about the sonnet form as if It were...
by phillipw | Jun 29, 2026 | MY, SA, SE
Helpful Hands Instead of Punctured Stigmata Palms Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If mystical or sentimental, go Away. Don’t wallow with those graceful trees, The weeping willows. Stop your Eckharts’...
by phillipw | Jun 6, 2026 | BE, LO, SE, WO
Venus Has No Moons Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Now speak to me, my beauty, with the voice Of love. Speak love to me as if a globe, A moon of Venus, might make love rejoice Inside my sternum. Lift...
by phillipw | May 30, 2026 | RO, SE
Holiness in a Tennessee Dim Dusk in a Hollow Grove Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The light of life glows, coolness, and is light Within the firefly, life within its tail. This little greenness flashes...
