by phillipw | Mar 2, 2026 | LO, MA
Families Loathe Fervor A scarlet man, his most important parts Cut deep, cut off, his throat and windpipe cut, His manliness removed: his corpse imparts The scarlet truth of love. His eyes would shut Before the blood goes hard like crimson. He Has her beside...
by phillipw | Mar 1, 2026 | LO, Uncategorized
Dead End Beneath the Sheenless Leaves Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The nighttime darkness of the orange tree Is blackness in one branch. The shine of green Is shaded to the grove’s anomaly. It metes...
by phillipw | Mar 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
Scum Wedding Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The moon does not have magic over love Betrayed. The powers of that moon are hate And slaughter, murder, vengeance — each above The pock-marked treason...
by phillipw | Mar 1, 2026 | LO, RO
Supernity in Thighs Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem God lets us die because our love spills wide In love. Do not let any poison stain Our arteries. Let each one be the bride And husband both. Let every...
by phillipw | Mar 1, 2026 | FA, Uncategorized
Piety in Front of Perfected Contrapposto ‘‘fall short of the glory’’ The sculpture bends, impossible to curve Like that, but there he is, a headlong thrust To needful beauty and a hipslong swerve To teasing sacredness. You long to gust Desire inside those bronze or...
by phillipw | Mar 1, 2026 | HI
The Human Soul Desires to Write in Sonnets and an Ode Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgknj7yyv2o Long, long before poor Homer and the lines Of Vedas and Upanishads,...
by phillipw | Feb 28, 2026 | CO, CR, DR, HE, LU, RO
Speedy Affliction Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Addiction is an evil when it brings You love. The Greeks were right about that drug Delivered by an arrow. Its point stings You with the chemical. That...
by phillipw | Feb 28, 2026 | SK
Aria da Capo Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem None but the lark so shrill and clear; Now at heaven’s gate she claps her wings, The morn not waking till she sings. ~ John Lyly, “Spring’s Welcom”...
