by phillipw | Mar 25, 2026 | MA, RO, WE
Romeo and Juliet, Those Innocents Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The big mistake they make was not in love. The massive error was in thinking they Should rush to marriage in unthinking shove. This pair...
by phillipw | Mar 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
Rosicrucian Rosiness Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I’ve always judged by beauty. So have you. We think we judge by character and worth Of decency and action, but we knew That that is sophistry. We...
by phillipw | Mar 24, 2026 | DO, KO
A Doric Daybreak Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The slightest sign of fright fills up his eyes As briefly diamond flashes glint, white, glint. The fear is one you used to know, surprise At mixture of an...
by phillipw | Mar 24, 2026 | CH, FI, FR, JO, Uncategorized
A Voice, not an Echo Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Do not let someone else invade your core Identity. Do not let her or him Transpose the truest you or change your score. The serenade, the nocturne or...
by phillipw | Mar 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Holy of Holies Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He long before had been not just on coals. He realized that he had walked among Them. Suddenly he realized his goals Had been long known but only as a...
by phillipw | Mar 23, 2026 | AN, IN, PR, SE
Futile Female Supplication Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The eyes of women suffer worst, because There are no angels and because their wings Have never been. They do not fly through gauze Of stellar...
by phillipw | Mar 23, 2026 | SA, SE
Christ Pall Flighty Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The seraph has six wings, six angel wings. They make a crippling weight so it is hard To fly. When God made up these angel things, He didn’t think too...
by phillipw | Mar 22, 2026 | BE, CA, SH, WH, WO
Tiny Bits of Banging Boy Bullets that Betrayed His Bursts His father’s blood and semen caused four sons Inside the woman whom he loved, loved, loved And loved. His manly semen overruns All other genes. The semen that he shoved Inside her womb filled all his sons...
