by phillipw | Mar 27, 2025 | AN
Hemlock Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The trees refuse to speak. At least they do Not speak our languages. Akkadian And Latin are rejected. As a clue They give us rings. Trees,...
by phillipw | Mar 27, 2025 | AN, OL, TR, YE
Wordlessness Allied with Pontius Pilate Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Fortingall Yew High priests of ancient wisdom keep your tongues In silence always. (Winds may make some sound Among your...
by phillipw | Mar 24, 2025 | HE, KI, MU, RO
Sinagogue of Atonement Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Brandon Jovanovich (2007 Winner) – Winterstürme We all desire a perfect player of Romantic kisses, lips that make the flames Of passion’s...
by phillipw | Mar 23, 2025 | AP, CO, DA, ER, PE
Sturdy Sight Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Apollo failed to make a son inside Nymph Daphne. Godly rape was on his mind. Apollo’s semen had to be applied To leaves instead. ...
by phillipw | Mar 22, 2025 | EX, MO, TR
Those Who Speak Correctly Are Excommunicated Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The editors bring out the silence since They blow off beauty. And, yet, even worse They publish anti-beauty more like mince...
by phillipw | Mar 22, 2025 | LA
Pythian Boredom Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem It happens that the laurel is a bore, Not some divine symbolic thing. Its leaves Are boring, near-sarcastic green, not more Than that all...
by phillipw | Mar 21, 2025 | RE
After Fasting Forty Eons in Religions’ Wilderness Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The time for certain songs is past for most Of us. While having ripened, we have lost The need for certainty. We cannot...
by phillipw | Mar 20, 2025 | NE, TO
They Do Not Dream of Fur or Feathers Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Inside the rattlesnake she holds her nest. Not made of twigs it is instead her scales And then her flesh. She does not have a breast...
