by phillipw | Mar 27, 2026 | SE
Behind the Briared Castle Wall Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The garden, good and evil, rises high Above his haired up thighs. He stands alone. His partner whispers almost, husky, sly, “Before you...
by phillipw | Mar 23, 2026 | AN, IN, PR, SE
Futile Female Supplication Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The eyes of women suffer worst, because There are no angels and because their wings Have never been. They do not fly through gauze Of stellar...
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...
