by phillipw | May 26, 2026 | DE, GR, TR
Beauty Dejected Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem His face is sad and wonked today, his work As heavy as a weighted wing that will Remain a broken crash. He cannot shirk The crush of tasks, and so...
by phillipw | May 24, 2026 | DO, GR, MA, TR
A Don Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The strength of knowledge is too like an arm With muscles that are honed by taking drugs And gobs of protein, but tremendous harm Can come to strength by...
by phillipw | Apr 27, 2026 | JI, TR, WI
See-through Sterling Silver Lavender Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The color of the incense, if its wisps Wished as a single hue, is like a wraith Of spirit vine, wistaria in lisps, A specter...
by phillipw | Apr 9, 2026 | PE, TR
Unchangingness Must Change Patrick Stewart as Macbeth (“Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow”) Ian McKellen as Macbeth (“Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow”) – YouTube You sometimes feel that life goes on the same. The birds that sang...
by phillipw | Mar 8, 2026 | BU, CH, FA, HI, IS, JU, OR, PR, RE, TR
The Spider Webs of Fibers Finer than Charmeuse Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We find ourselves between the basest hopes And silliest of fears. When still we find Ourselves despite religions and those...
by phillipw | Feb 15, 2026 | PA, SC, TR
The Several Are One Scam Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Two, you and I, are both too straight in mind To think like Buddha in the Eastern way, Conflating opposites as one. We blind Ones, Westerners,...