by phillipw | Jul 8, 2024 | CO, ME, NU
Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The novice nun waits still, a candle flame. The flame burns still. These three are still; no, not The column only, white, avoiding shame. A dusk of autumn fills her with...
by phillipw | Jul 7, 2024 | CH, CO, ME, TO
Tranquil Tokonoma One thing a perfect purple rose cannot Accomplish is a type of sadness. Man Is best at that. That is mankind’s special blot. The plants and animals have learned to ban Such uselessness. They settle in their fur Or leaves and just get on...
by phillipw | Jul 7, 2024 | CA, DE, OX, PA, PR
Shade The quiet, silent things send echoes through Each other. Rosebush leaves above the tom That naps beneath them are more quiet, strew Their silence down, reverberating calm On nearly silent breathing through his two Pink nostrils held by...
by phillipw | Jul 6, 2024 | CO, FL, ME
Levitation above the Arbor’s Lawn Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Some petals send no scent that human nose Can sense. These flowers have no fragrance for The person passing by. Smells dispose...
by phillipw | Jul 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
Almost Timbral Moonlight as in a Theremin Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Sliced moons shine up in space and far below On things that now forget the sunlight, warm They might be though, still. Air...
by phillipw | Jul 5, 2024 | AG, AT
Above an Empty Ocean Bed Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem An altar set to sea and air built high To reach a God too far to touch, too far From prayers, awaits a flame to fall and ply It with destruction...
by phillipw | Jul 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Don’t let the silent moment pass. Reach out And grab it, with the fist your mind can make. Reach deep and seize time. Hold it. Make it shout Its sermon or its...
by phillipw | Jul 1, 2024 | AG, LO, NE, PU
The Final Solution Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “the tiniest of hearts” ~Lorca, “Preludio” “All beings possess egos and therefore all beings have personalities. The cosmos...
