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...
by phillipw | Aug 13, 2026 | Sonnet
A Singing Gleam that Sounds like Torture Unending Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The singing of cicadas seems as long As August stretched out past the limits of Bing Videos Eternity. This singing though...
by phillipw | Aug 9, 2026 | Sonnet
The Long Shining Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem An art historian has called the art Of Ancient Greece a long, long shade. He’s young, Can be forgiven, since he lacks the heart To see the truth. He...
by phillipw | Aug 9, 2026 | Sonnet
The Seasons of Death Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Death comes to gather up in seasons all That they bring forth, the cherry blossom blown Wide pink on spreading limbs and then the fall Of petals. ...
