by phillipw | May 1, 2026 | SU
We Call for Divinity to Heal Muteness Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The voiceless butterfly is voiceless. Flowers Speak voiceless, too. If both of these have dreams, No voices come from them. The...
by phillipw | Apr 2, 2026 | AU, FA, FL, GI, IN, SU, WI
If Only Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If only girls were more like flowers, their hands Like petals gesturing in breeze-blown loves Of innocence that burn like harmless brands, Or dressed in...
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...
