by phillipw | Apr 1, 2022 | SP
“Tarry,” is Spring’s Command Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Yet if we grieve, the spring that blossoms will Not come as wishes quick or slow will leap. The grief of spring will hasten just...
by phillipw | Apr 1, 2022 | MA, SL
Vegan Dreams Become Real He swallowed other people’s dreams and tried To make them his. They made it down his throat, Right past his Adam’s apple. They were wide Inside him but too like a swelling bloat. These swelled like parts of men that conquer holes,...
by phillipw | Mar 31, 2022 | EA, MO, OL
Earendel Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem This morning star exploded in the dark Of ancient space, exploded, formed and shone Before the orbs that we have known, a...
by phillipw | Mar 29, 2022 | BR, CU, RU, Ta
The Flimsiness of Letters “All the little emptiness of love!” ~ Rupert Brooke What kind of letters? Letters in a clay Configuration, cuneiform shapes gone For thousands of declines in their array In sunsets, twilights and each hopeless dawn Were letters that...
by phillipw | Mar 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
Yet Poetry Yet poetry is after all just lines Of words, yes even when the words are sung By angel voices in a choir that shines. The words are words when coming from the tongue Of Gabriel or Abaddon, not more [Gabriel and Abaddon] Than...
by phillipw | Mar 28, 2022 | AR, PO
Arions Conflated Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If you had hooves and mane—and god-made wings— And if you had a voice that let you speak, You might well be a flying horse who...
by phillipw | Mar 27, 2022 | MA, PR, SE
Wedding Wings: Hymenoptera The thought of weddings brings a joy to some, The brides and grooms in white and black, perhaps To mothers of the brides. Joys overcome The nagging doubts, but joys tend to lapse. Among the guests the odd one here and there...
by phillipw | Mar 27, 2022 | CA, PR
Clarity and Confusion Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He shows contentment with his claws. A paw In whiteness stretches out and claws curve out Of white and pink. The curves of...
