by phillipw | Mar 31, 2026 | FR, ID, SU, UN
Soil and Trouble Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Act IV, scene 1 The mysteries embraced in midnights of The mind take masterful control of heart And other organs. Lust replaces love Like cuckoos lay...
by phillipw | Mar 17, 2026 | PS, SU, UN
Full Fathom Failure Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The Marianna Trench of memories glows With phosphorescent creatures in your mind. The psychoanalytic prober barely knows The depths of nightmare beasts...
by phillipw | Mar 14, 2026 | CA, MA, MO, RO, SU, SY
Presiding Higher than Priesthood Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If you could be a purple pinion’s prayer, What words and incantations would you sing, What syllables would lift you into air Beyond — where...
by phillipw | Mar 4, 2026 | CA, LO, SU
The Gorgeous Flowers’ Stamens are Sexual Organs Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I used to breathe as if I had a bloom Between my teeth, an orchid made of dawn, A daybreak we have never seen, no doom In...
by phillipw | Feb 18, 2026 | ED, IR, NI, PA, PE, SU
Pedophilia Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Delivery of printed music sheets Is more important than performance, though It’s not clear why. The sweating in the seats Of chasing cars is mindless,...
by phillipw | Jan 29, 2026 | OX, PA, SU
More Sacred than Surrealism Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When sun and shadow blend and do not nix Each other; when the smile and frown are one; When symphonies are silence and their mix Is utter — and...
