by phillipw | Apr 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Only Always Present Emotion Some breezes in his life were shrouds and turned To long-term winds. His wedding was the one Most crippling, both to him and her. It spurned Their cores. The long-term garment had been spun By culture over centuries. The warp...
by phillipw | Apr 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Wayne and Terry Now both are gone, gone, so . . . so what? One wrote A lie and sent it to the other. Then A mother snooped and read. She made the bloat Of scandal and then other, loveless men Stepped in with social cudgels. Bragging weighed As...
by phillipw | Apr 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Physics and Gravestones in the Old Settlers’ Burying Ground in Lancaster Massachusetts Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem photo By Magicpiano – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0,...
by phillipw | Apr 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Dior of Desperation If I could wear the sadness that you cause Me, cloth of nails with tears would make the suit. The Iron Maiden or the pharaoh’s gauze Around the mummy would make pain transmute To Galliano flair. The toque above my face Would mean...
by phillipw | Apr 19, 2025 | DE, Uncategorized
Death versus Poetry’s Continuing Life Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Death looks for me among the orange groves where I lived my childhood nights and days. I left Them long ago, their seaweed...
by phillipw | Apr 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
His Father Called the Indian River’s Cumulus Clouds the Mountains of the Sunshine State Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He never rode on horseback through the trees Around his childhood...
