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 23, 2026 | WO
Berserker Bees Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The honeybee emerges from its cell, Six-sided birth arrangement. She becomes A nurse bee, keeping newest brood ones well While...
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 2, 2025 | DI, VO, WO
Locked Up Like Lucifer in Hell Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He gropes for that immortal active verb, That one you know, that every lover knows, The total verb just waiting to disturb The mortal gods...
by phillipw | Oct 26, 2025 | BR, DO, FL, IV, LO, PH, RO, SI, SU, TI, TO, Uncategorized, WE, WO
Lone Ranger Sunshine Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Some buttered beams of light assured him that His world was not just treacly tombstone jewels. The shafts were shining from a cowboy hat Of boyhood...
by phillipw | Aug 29, 2025 | BO, BR, CH, FL, HE, WH, WO
PerpetualPerpetualPerpetualPerpetual Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “little unremembered acts of kindness and love” ~ William Wordsworth The blessing of the morning sun on lochs And bens is like a...
