by phillipw | Mar 23, 2026 | SA, SE
Christ Pall Flighty Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The seraph has six wings, six angel wings. They make a crippling weight so it is hard To fly. When God made up these angel things, He didn’t think too...
by phillipw | Mar 20, 2026 | DE, SE
Hungry Castration by a Sterile Sow Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The streets she passes through are full of men. The streets, not fields of flowers, she passes through. She would not pick a petal in a...
by phillipw | Mar 11, 2026 | AM, BL, SE, Uncategorized
Azure is Both Silence and Transparent Whisper Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem One blue, ambivalence of color, rhymes With more. The holiest of blues is like A crushed velour, like crushed and ancient...
by phillipw | Mar 9, 2026 | AE, AN, BE, BL, ES, SE
Twenty-four Carat Sapphire-colored Songs If God made angels blue, both blue and gold In wing, blue haired, but lavender in robe, Of course they might look far too sky-blue cold And so in yellow light He might englobe Them, warming them in heaven’s airs. The sea That...
by phillipw | Mar 8, 2026 | LO, PA, RO, SE, Uncategorized
Because of Cemetery Stones Modern poetry modern verse conteern poem mporary poetry contemporary verse modcontemporary poem I want my husband, call him what you will, To cover me with selfish, manly hate. I want the emptiness of holes to spill The universe’s...
by phillipw | Mar 6, 2026 | BI, CA, SE
Oliver in the Gaze of Elio Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem They notice, each one, instantly, the first Few seconds of their meeting, not just young One in the eyes of older one. A burst Occurs (well, two...
