by phillipw | Mar 7, 2026 | Uncategorized
Craving Go seeking round the world and you will find No truth as great and large as your desire. It has its holy place with love enshrined Where mothers of dead children light the fire For altar candles, or where suicides Of love can never die, or where the beds Of...
by phillipw | Mar 6, 2026 | GA, OD, TE, TV, Uncategorized
Split Screen Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Americans can’t stand an ugly mug In newsrooms. Anchors and reporters must Be gorgeous, male and female, beauty smug In telegenic strength. The...
by phillipw | Mar 6, 2026 | Uncategorized
Archaic and Immortal Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Some words are mortal, dead in Tuesdays, not For use; yet other words, though nearly dead, Survive in poetry. These wraiths are hot Because our hearts...
by phillipw | Mar 6, 2026 | BO, DI, EM, RE, TI, Uncategorized
The Opposite of Bindings Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Whoever sitteth on this carpet and willeth in thought to be taken up and set down upon other site will, in the twinkling of an eye, be borne...
by phillipw | Mar 4, 2026 | AE, BE, ES, HI, LA, LO, MO, Uncategorized, VI
A Trinity of Beauties Female and Male Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Where Lakshmi lies, see beauties all complete, Replete abundance and prosperity. She holds her pure perfection in her suite (Of...
by phillipw | Mar 1, 2026 | LO, Uncategorized
Dead End Beneath the Sheenless Leaves Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The nighttime darkness of the orange tree Is blackness in one branch. The shine of green Is shaded to the grove’s anomaly. It metes...
