by phillipw | Aug 19, 2026 | Sonnet
Prospero Howling at Death Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He loved to fight. He fought with other cats. He brought home wounds from tenor snarls and paws. To us they seemed like little feline spats, But...
by phillipw | Aug 17, 2026 | Sonnet
The Meanings of Trees Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The placement of the painting makes it face Towards the ancient spreading oak tree there Beyond his window pane as if the place For weeping cherry...
by phillipw | Aug 16, 2026 | Sonnet
Toad as Seer Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem In Oriental thought a toad might croak A moon—or even Buddha’s moon. The belch Might bring Enlightenment. Beneath an oak A monkish toad might find a way to...
by phillipw | Aug 14, 2026 | Sonnet
Toad A toad is not a stone. He has a brain. He can annoy more than a marble rock That falls across a path. We feel a strain When he with slowness causes us a block From what we want in gardens or where we Would start to plant a pine. He takes too long Galumphing...
by phillipw | Aug 14, 2026 | Sonnet
Supernal Present Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Do not gaze forward. Do not try to glimpse Tomorrow. Scan today with blindness’ eyes. She holds her past and future as she primps Your present for you. You...
by phillipw | Aug 13, 2026 | Sonnet
Charles Randall Stanfield and Thomas Cranmer Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem But . . . what then if the death was not that grand, So noble as the death of martyrs at The stake but felt like holiness’s...
