by phillipw | May 10, 2026 | AB, YA
Lost in Today Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “forever—never. They are the two saddest words in the English tongue.” ~ J. M. Barrie, Dear Brutus “What doth Joy most borrow” George Eliot, Daniel Deronda...
by phillipw | Dec 1, 2025 | AB, LO, YA
The Test is Best You do not need to write to him or call Until you do important, bigger stuff. You know YOUR stuff that’s large and not that small Stuff like the stuff for loving, small enough Because it’s only stuff for love and not Important like a driving...
by phillipw | Dec 1, 2025 | AB, LO, Uncategorized, YA
Fighting not to Answer My WhatsApp Messages Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A dribble of slight WhatsApps has become What we can manage. That is quite enough For you. That trickle is the final sum Of...
by phillipw | Nov 3, 2025 | AB, LU, YA
Paris, not Berlin, is Called the City of Lights Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The silence that you forced upon me shows Me that I do not need you as my wife Or spouse, whatever. Truth about that grows...
by phillipw | Apr 21, 2025 | AB, UN, YA
Hollow Love Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I tried to send to you a prophet’s note, “My soul is far away.” Your heart is far More distant from my love; in fact afloat...
by phillipw | Mar 12, 2025 | AB, GA, RO, Uncategorized, YA
In Romeo’s Ghost’s Clutch I slept in you without your knowledge. You Were sleeping in my arms and I slept in Your brain and yet because my eyes are blue Your mind did not hold on to me. No sin Arose, at least not in your sleeping soul. I cannot promise...
