by phillipw | Jul 7, 2025 | BA, HE, SE, WI, WO
Annette Vallon, Romantic Poetry and Heterosexuality Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “And ’tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes.” ~ William Wordsworth, “Lines Written in Early...
by phillipw | Jun 1, 2025 | KN, PH, RE, SE, Uncategorized, WI
Behold, I Give You One COMMANDMENT* LOVE FIRST THYSELF. Forget about the love Of God and others; thinkers everywhere Have reached this one conclusion. Far above Religions, which are every one a snare, Decry this love. This first rule first implies, As streams...
by phillipw | May 10, 2025 | CH, FL, SE, TI
Ephemeral and Not Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem In sinking towns like Titusville the sun Is setting always. Little shopping strips Thrown up when you were just a kid are done,...
by phillipw | May 1, 2025 | BR, FL, SE
The Concrete Block Box This box is painted white and stands Against the colored world that wants to stain. A doctrine bundle tied with texts withstands The onslaught. Pure, the walls reject the strain Of U. S. Highway Number One so crude In stretch from Maine to...
by phillipw | Apr 30, 2025 | CH, SE, Uncategorized
A Resurrected Apollo in the Afternoon in Brevard County, Florida Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem No mist defied his eyesight but a haze Surrounded everywhere he walked. The grove Behind his boyhood...
by phillipw | Apr 20, 2025 | FA, MA, MI, RE, SE
Masculine Modalities A young man loitering is seen by guys Who pass nearby. A single one pulls close Inside his Mustang . . . loitering one sees eyes Consuming him. The younger one feels gross And turns his face away. Four other men In uniforms approach...
