by phillipw | Apr 28, 2025 | HE, HU
A Heedlessness in Rhythm The day does not repeat me as scar lights When it comes round. I happen to be there. That’s all. I’m not repeated in star lights Or planet lights in evening. There’s no pair Of Mars and Venus speaking me to sky,...
by phillipw | Apr 27, 2025 | RO
Also on the Tip of My Tongue Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The tiniest of buds you cannot see Sprout out all over. Skin becomes all blooms On every haired and hairless part of me. They do not think...
by phillipw | Apr 27, 2025 | LI
In a Gentle Tennessee Hollow Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The twilight of the fireflies plays a part In memories, not in nightmares, now. Our dreams Include the fireflies. Surrealist art...
by phillipw | Apr 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
Fools Gold Street Lamps Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The orange groves of Florida have been Killed off. Their souls have gone to heaven where They look upon their scars and us. Where...
by phillipw | Apr 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
Pluto’s Shoulder Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Stone carved with symbols tends to make them harsh Or far more beautiful because the soul Of beauty lasts in marble, hard gem harsh As...
by phillipw | Apr 26, 2025 | GO, HA, HE, OM
Omniscience Leading to Agape Love Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem God’s understanding looms so large it seems To be much more, because if He knows all It’s said he knows, his wisdom must be beams Of love...
by phillipw | Apr 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Only Always Present Emotion Some breezes in his life were shrouds and turned To long-term winds. His wedding was the one Most crippling, both to him and her. It spurned Their cores. The long-term garment had been spun By culture over centuries. The warp...
by phillipw | Apr 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Wayne and Terry Now both are gone, gone, so . . . so what? One wrote A lie and sent it to the other. Then A mother snooped and read. She made the bloat Of scandal and then other, loveless men Stepped in with social cudgels. Bragging weighed As...
