by phillipw | Aug 26, 2026 | HE, WH, WO
Helen Remembers Woodrow as a Young Man Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Woodrow in overalls in a colorized photo a few years before Helen met him. She sees him standing on the wooden porch On Cape...
by phillipw | Aug 26, 2026 | CA, WH, WO
1920s Earthbound Boyhood without Apollo Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The people with their gilt have left their house With boards across the doors. The windows, too, Are barred, but still the boy, a...
by phillipw | Aug 26, 2026 | DA, DO, IV, JA, WH, WO
The Orange Grove Behind Our House Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A grove can take us anywhere. The leaves Shine distances: blood’s pirates that we play Are in the Caribbean*. Vision cleaves Us with...
by phillipw | Aug 26, 2026 | DO, FL, IV, PH, TI, WO
Little Pulses in a Sabbath Afternoon after Church— Helen Not Knowing Any Better Gets Some Rest Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A belfry or a Steeple Without a bell spreads Peace by citrus groves. ~ Shiki...
by phillipw | Jun 28, 2026 | AI, AR, BI, WO, WW
Sinicon Valley Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “have corrupted themselves” ~ King James Version We worship, tranced, around the golden calf, The Web, AI, and now are in its wide Dunes, desert wastes,...
by phillipw | Jun 14, 2026 | EX, PO, RH, SC, WI, WO
Not Bees that Soar for Bloom, Not Furness-fells Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A truly awkward “poem” in its beat And awkward wording, dwarf with broken bones, Is how these lines lead onward to defeat Of...
