by phillipw | May 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
DIRT Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The wind blew towards me on my back. It hissed, “The past is there. It never goes away.” Those deaths are there. That time those two lips kissed Your mouth and...
by phillipw | May 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
Father and Son Untouching Orbits Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem . I knew my father only in two parts Of life (his life), his summer and his fall. His spring was long before me. Both our hearts Had...
by phillipw | May 22, 2024 | FA, MA, OL, PU
He Had to Leave his Old Man’s Hot Water Bottle to Come Out to Work Today Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I do not know quite why, but I can tell The puppeteer I cannot see is old. Perhaps it is his...
by phillipw | May 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
Musica Universalis The music of the ancient earth is not The music of the spheres. It is instead The sound of earthquakes and volcanoes, hot Bing Videos With lava and destruction. Hear the dread In seal pups when a killer whale appears. The music is of...
by phillipw | May 21, 2024 | BA, Uncategorized
Rudolph Nureyev and Dame Joan Fonteyne Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Bing Videos The arts endeavor lifting high The heart in beauty or in anger, woe Or joy as though a wizard with a sly Baton is waving...
by phillipw | May 21, 2024 | IN, PR
Jehovah Isn’t Buddha with his Prayer Wheels Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem So why do people pray when they want God To give a favor? He is said to be A God of love. Perhaps it is an odd Thing...
by phillipw | May 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
Worse than Dido Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He never quite got over it, not quite, Because he never had it. Like a ghost That never had a body, he stalked night, Or worse he was the...
by phillipw | May 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
No Rational Entwinements in the Chest Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The moonlight dies. The dawn comes on. The day Kills dawn. The morning star goes out and noon Cries out in silence. Gateways help...
