by phillipw | Aug 19, 2024 | AP, AR, DI, PO, Uncategorized
For TikTok, Instagram and Not . . . Eternity Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A buried sundial, buried in the ash Of Pompeii’s death, saw time not marked by sun For nearly two millennia. As trash In...
by phillipw | Aug 18, 2024 | CH, ST, Uncategorized
The Force of Dreams I dreamed of you last night. I dreamed and dreamed, Yet more, as if there never had been dreams In me till then. Reality it seemed Had never been reality. Green dreams Of Eden never could have been like you There in this night of...
by phillipw | Aug 17, 2024 | MO, Uncategorized
Reflected Down on Africa Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He built a white, moon garden on the edge, That cliff down towards the Great Rift Valley’s floor. White roses bloomed in curvings toward...
by phillipw | Aug 17, 2024 | BR, FA, JO, KE, LI, Uncategorized, WI
Mrs. Lindon and Beyond the Veil Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Fanny Brawne, later Mrs. Lindon Avoiding ghost temptations she seeks through The curtain made of voile of silk between The living and the...
by phillipw | Aug 17, 2024 | MA, SU
Prescription Aforethought Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem It is as if he is an injured pulse Inside a ghost, assuming that a ghost Is more than vacuum. His veins convulse Despair. He thinks he...
by phillipw | Aug 16, 2024 | CH, ST
“wind, and fire” “upon this blasted heath” The wind goes spying through the oak trees. What It looks for is not known, but surely not A secret hiding place, a nissen hut For raising weed, and surely not a thought I lost one twilight long...
by phillipw | Aug 15, 2024 | PU
Prophetic Rendezvous Choose not to have God’s voice. A dream is not Enough. He sometimes offers visions framed In many-meaninged syllables, each fraught With danger. Scriptures must remain untamed Or boredom fills us. Bow to human need. Leave behind you...
by phillipw | Aug 15, 2024 | AL
Drunk on Innocents’ Blood Annoyance from lightweight metal tins Of beer comes out from those who, burping, drink. No swiller ever stops to ponder sins Against the victims. Guzzlers do not think About the nastiness of chugging booze, Effects on others. All...
