by phillipw | Feb 8, 2025 | CU, FU, GA, HE, IN, SE, SP, ST
Brown and Pink The bracken, as life does, has turned to rust. They make their way up through it, rustling through The brown. They need to find a way to thrust In love — or something like it. He shoves spew Inside pink guts once they are over hill...
by phillipw | Nov 18, 2024 | DI, EM, GL, IN, SP
Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem the music of the spheres (160) ‘The Last Transit of Venus’ for Glass Armonica – YouTube If I could fall forever through a space We can’t imagine,...
by phillipw | Oct 7, 2024 | BE, FU, GE, JE, LU, PY, SP
Retort to an Unthinking Funeral Ceremony “Daur ye say Mass in my lug? ~ Jenny Geddes Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The priestess said that God loves everything He made. I kept my seat. I did...
by phillipw | Sep 10, 2024 | CH, JE, SP
Questing Everywhere Except Inside Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Too many try to live by trifles taught Them by a fast-filled Buddha or a saint, Pastel in spirit by the time they sought His insights...
by phillipw | Sep 1, 2024 | SP
Dwindling to Battery-operated Glimmer Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy found their highest bliss in gazing together at a glow-worm ‘laid safely by itself...
by phillipw | Aug 2, 2024 | GH, HA, SP
Arctic Incantations Only in Their Nightmares Since ghosts make sounds of silver freezing, we Do not hear specters. Lost, their metal stains Of tarnish are more silent. Throats might see Them as the smoke from Eskimos. Refrains From howling will not do. The...
