by phillipw | Mar 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Holy of Holies Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He long before had been not just on coals. He realized that he had walked among Them. Suddenly he realized his goals Had been long known but only as a...
by phillipw | Mar 23, 2026 | AN, IN, PR, SE
Futile Female Supplication Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The eyes of women suffer worst, because There are no angels and because their wings Have never been. They do not fly through gauze Of stellar...
by phillipw | Mar 23, 2026 | SA, SE
Christ Pall Flighty Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The seraph has six wings, six angel wings. They make a crippling weight so it is hard To fly. When God made up these angel things, He didn’t think too...
by phillipw | Mar 22, 2026 | BE, CA, SH, WH, WO
Tiny Bits of Banging Boy Bullets that Betrayed His Bursts His father’s blood and semen caused four sons Inside the woman whom he loved, loved, loved And loved. His manly semen overruns All other genes. The semen that he shoved Inside her womb filled all his sons...
by phillipw | Mar 22, 2026 | HE, MO, RO
Pox-marked Identical Twin Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem My heart is like the moon, the cratered sphere, The fissured moon so badly damaged that It wanders looking for itself both there and here In...
by phillipw | Mar 21, 2026 | BI, BL, FR, LO, MA, RO
Blended Blood Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I want your blood inside my heart. I want My blood inside your auricles, your Enlarging ventricles. I want to haunt Them all with scarlet love. I want...
by phillipw | Mar 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
Cut My Throat Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Why, WHY, oh why, would I shoot so much pain Directly through the chambers of your heart With words “that cannot fail to leave a lasting stain” Except I...
by phillipw | Mar 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
Silence in the Barren Trees Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The trees have long gone silent. Silent trees Fill up my forests. Not just quiet but Without all sound the leaves on violent trees Go silent,...
