by phillipw | Aug 30, 2026 | DO, FA, IM, RE, SO
Choking on Untruth Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty! Although the holy ones insist that we Extend beyond our bodies and mere time, That we have SOULS and...
by phillipw | Aug 30, 2026 | ME, PS, TH
Yum Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem You take the couch. The doctor draws out truth. Your truth turns out to be a universe Of hiding guts, your viscera, uncouth Like sewers clogged, a clot of devils,...
by phillipw | Aug 30, 2026 | KA, SU
Ink that Becomes Disappearing Calligraphic Letters Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Why waves are so distraught that they commit White suicides survives as mystery. What makes them angry as they hit the...
by phillipw | Aug 29, 2026 | EM, TR
The Divorce Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Sometimes he thinks that he has seen it, plump But in a dream he had so long ago That history seems quite short to him, a dump Forgotten long ago, a blackened...
by phillipw | Aug 29, 2026 | HU
Angels and Insects Intersect Bafflement Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Bing Videos Forget the angel choirs in heaven. They Are like cicadas ever singing — drill — Drill — DRILL— their fugue, but what...
by phillipw | Aug 29, 2026 | GH, HA, WR
Come Away, Come Away, Come Away Home Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The wraiths belong to staircase places, trapped, Cannot tread up or down. Wraiths’ steps are lost. The stairs are lost. No ghostly...
by phillipw | Aug 29, 2026 | Sonnet
Truth The poets say that indigo is seen Along the sun’s horizon on the sea. They say that sort of thing. Those claims are clean Of truth, of ordinary truth. They see It though we don’t. A deeper truth they seek And find it but they don’t convey it well Enough with...
by phillipw | Aug 29, 2026 | Sonnet
Icarus Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Since Icarus was just a boy, he dropped Straight down to salted death. His plummet yelled Straight down, no gracefulness involved. He plopped Straight down. ...
