by phillipw | May 2, 2026 | ME, SE
It All Comes Out Wrong in the Wash Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Mosquitoes in the daytime; Buddha hides Them, dark behind him.” Fantasizing such, The poet Issa, sentimental, glides To sacred...
by phillipw | Apr 30, 2026 | EA, Ho, NE, RA, SE
Down Near the Earlier Mediterranean Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem One hundred thousand years long gone in holes In southern Europe men and women chipped Out arrowheads. Long, long before first scrolls...
by phillipw | Apr 27, 2026 | PO, SE, Uncategorized
Take Up Thy Bed Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem — He felt the spirit of the waters move. They heaved around inside his heart and veins, Inside his Tuesday ribs. Their goal, to prove That God...
by phillipw | Apr 25, 2026 | SE
Upon Their Foreheads Darkest Perfect Azure Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The seraphim have wings of silk and blue, Of blue with gilded dust. Each seraph bends Its wings around itself. A light shines...
by phillipw | Apr 2, 2026 | HA, HE, SE, ST
The Consummate Flower Girl Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He wishes for a voice as frail as pink In fading peonies except in bed While in her, wants her gestures like a mink Glove rubbing him until a...
by phillipw | Mar 30, 2026 | AN, SE
This is a rude and sacrilegious sonnet. Do not open it if you will be offended. If you open it and read it, do not complain anywhere. Interjaculate Conception Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If you were...
