by phillipw | Feb 20, 2026 | CO, CU, FU, SE, Uncategorized
This is a sexually explicit sonnet. Do not read it or look at its illustration if sexually explicit material will offend you. Do not complain since you were warned. Hedonism as Heroic Truth Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern...
by phillipw | Feb 20, 2026 | Uncategorized
High Mountains of the Indian Spring Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The mountains of the spring are far away From where you stand with tea cup there upon Your Indian verandah. Blossomed spray Of pink on...
by phillipw | Feb 18, 2026 | Uncategorized
On the Just and the Unjust Alike Schubert: Ganymed, D.544 – Hermann Prey, 1969 – Philips 6573 010 – YouTube God has this thing S/He chooses to deploy When looking at the cosmos S/He has made. S/He turns it on and off, this thing. S/He’s coy About...
by phillipw | Feb 17, 2026 | Uncategorized
Don’t Ever Contemplate the Stench of Rotting Seaweed Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Though frost is almost never felt on shores Like Cape Canaveral’s, sweating sun drags down The sons and daughters,...
by phillipw | Feb 17, 2026 | Uncategorized
Note to the reader: the final line of this sonnet APPEARS to break the rules of sonnetry since its ending in this posted version spreads over into an extra line. But that is only apparent since in the Microsoft Word document of this sonnet there is not an extra...
by phillipw | Feb 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
Not as a River The seasons do not flow along as streams Or rivers. Seasons flow as rigid, straight As light. They move more smoothly than your dreams But like them turbulent as rapids late In nights, in nightmares. Streams are often swerved Like light through...
