by phillipw | Jun 18, 2026 | AM, BI, CH, FR, GA, MA, Sonnet, SU
Mónon Autón Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “And you must love him ere to you He will seem worthy of your love.” ~William Wordsworth John could not...
by phillipw | Jun 17, 2026 | Sonnet
Tremors, Truth Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The rosebuds start faint flutters with the flow Of liquid from the roots toward’s heaven’s eye. They shiver with the prophecy. They glow (Though inwardly)...
by phillipw | Jun 15, 2026 | Sonnet
Satoris in Frankincense Burning with Myrrh Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “like a haze amidst illuminations” ~ part of a faux epigraph in George Eliot’s Daniel Deronda “like the birth of galaxies in...
by phillipw | Jun 7, 2026 | Sonnet
Separated Identical Conjoined Twins Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The difficulty is that that one shore Does not allow out dreaming to go on, That shore, that Coast Undreaming. There no soar Of seraph...
by phillipw | Jun 7, 2026 | BI, CO, DE, HE, Sonnet
Heaven and Earth Are Full Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Pleni sunt cæli et terra gorya tua. Both Heaven and earth are full of sly, gory Results of thy creation. Black holes eat The matter and the light...
by phillipw | Jun 4, 2026 | Sonnet
Love’s Launch Enlarged Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Desire deploys full sails because of lips. Desire displays full sails to woo the eyes. The wind of circumstance reveals full hips, Their swagger,...
