by phillipw | Apr 6, 2025 | MO, SE, UN
The Tenor Finds His Love Dead in His Embrace Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The Venice he has known gives only sighs, Sighs. Never mind the Bridge of Sighs, not quite Tears — they would be...
by phillipw | Apr 6, 2025 | BO, CH, SC
Loch nan Uamh and Glenfinnan Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The heathered shapes of Scottish hills loom not As threatening as the nation’s history, blades That stab the monarch’s...
by phillipw | Apr 5, 2025 | BI, CA
Perfect Pearls and Baroque Pearls Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The rivers of Granada and of Spain Above it, like the Guadalquivir, feed Naranjas and olives, leave a stain Of beauty in the hearts...
by phillipw | Apr 5, 2025 | CH, DE, FL, ST
Pyrostegia venusta Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He sometimes thinks he has a flame vine heart But maybe that is just hyperbole. His heart is only overgrown, each part Of its outside,...
by phillipw | Apr 3, 2025 | EX, PL
Pitiful Pluto We used to think that Pluto was the far, Far, farthest planet of them all. Today We know from telescopes that distant star And distant star have planets as their prey That cannot ever find escape. These spheres, These exoplanets might...
by phillipw | Apr 2, 2025 | bj, CO, FE, OR
Ambiflexual S/he licked the black hot dew from Jorge’s pits. He winced with warlock thrill inside his shaft, Especially its head. S/he pinched his tits, First right, then left. S/he felt the pulsing of the haft That held that head...
by phillipw | Apr 2, 2025 | AS
James Webb and Hubble Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The far-sight telescopes, like Allah’s eye, Search out the cosmos. Distant, distant things Come into focus. They then falsify The ancient...
by phillipw | Mar 30, 2025 | DR, OE, SU, UN
Inside Our Brains and Otherwise Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We lie in darkness with our souls agog, The midnight hours and those beyond, until We wake to ho hum stuff. We rise as mog And not as...
