by phillipw | Feb 17, 2026 | CA, PO, WH, WO
The Poor Boy and the Poor, Poor Joe* Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The little boy, not more than that, took out His gun to hunt for family’s food. The dirt Patch farm was even worse than dirt. Its...
by phillipw | Jan 18, 2026 | WH
A Mystic Reality Show We want to put a special room inside The White House and without a trace of gilt Within. We want this room filled, side to side And top to bottom, with a total tilt For decent people, filled with them indeed. In Indian thought this room could be...
by phillipw | Jan 4, 2026 | PA, RA, WH
Small and Great Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A rat in Bracken Lane runs straight across My path and all of living meaning fills The world. We do not need a plane to cross The seas. Safaris with their...
by phillipw | Dec 16, 2025 | WH
Facing Facts about Postal Delivery Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If he should send a letter home, no good Would come of it. Home vanished long ago So even if a loving letter could Be posted, it would...
by phillipw | Dec 15, 2025 | CH, ST, Uncategorized, WH, WO
Not a Care in the World Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Why hast thou dsquieted me, to bring me up? ~ 1 Samuel 28:15 A mother doesn’t wait. She dies. She goes Before, though after father. Both are...
by phillipw | Dec 14, 2025 | CA, DI, GA, GO, ST, WA, WH
Only a God Would Think of Gilding a Cavern Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Divine I am, inside and out, and I make holy whatever I touch or am touch’d from” ~ Walt Whitman “Divine I...
