by phillipw | Aug 25, 2026 | FR, SA
Ardent Anthesis Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He sublimates as if he is a monk In black and white (or gray), as if he swears Off ordinary life, as if life’s junk Is on Transfiguration’s Mount. Despair...
by phillipw | Aug 25, 2026 | AB, AN, CH, CR, IN, NI, Sonnet, ST, YA
Slurs and Omissions Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem You know what dreams are like, are like the white Of orchid petals, innocent above The scarlet rose, its stabbing thorns at height Of Lucifer before he...
by phillipw | Aug 25, 2026 | AB, GA, HE, Ho, Sonnet
Sea Silk Creations Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem It is as if true love is like the sea Silk fibers now so rare. The real omits Them if we do not weave an organdie Affection. Beds are full of...
by phillipw | Aug 24, 2026 | DO, TR
Ruthless Anti-social “more stout than his fellows” Daniel 7: 20 “Me Me Me tick hell טphart’s son” Daniel 5:25 Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We see a “man” who tarnishes true gold Which can’t be...
by phillipw | Aug 20, 2026 | AB, BE, DR, GE, SW, YA
Synthesis Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He sleeps away the German afternoon. He has to sleep because no friend will go To swim with him. Inside his dreams now swoon As if he swims with calm. Their...
by phillipw | Aug 20, 2026 | AB, LO, MA, PA, YA
The Village Crops Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem His mother almost saw the seaweed brown In irises. Perhaps his father could Foresee his ocean travels and the gown Of graduation, but that likelihood Was...
by phillipw | Aug 20, 2026 | AB, LO, YA
The Indian Boy Who Does Not Want to Be an Indian Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Not suitable at all except . . . that he Is beautiful and male, he wants away From marriage, even to a man. The sea...
by phillipw | Aug 19, 2026 | Sonnet
Prospero Howling at Death Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He loved to fight. He fought with other cats. He brought home wounds from tenor snarls and paws. To us they seemed like little feline spats, But...
