by phillipw | Apr 11, 2026 | BL, MO, PA
Perfume of Mockingbird Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A sadness hovers in the fact that things, Not just a few but many, have no voice. A tree however lovely never sings. It never speaks in sonnets to...
by phillipw | Apr 11, 2026 | BA, RO, Uncategorized, WI, YE
“from everywhere, from nowhere” ~ R. H. Blyth Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I hand the cosmos over to your heart And hand. Why not? I do not have the power To give it to you, but because pure heart...
by phillipw | Apr 11, 2026 | PE, PO, SH
Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We know that poetry desires to sing From everywhere. From everywhere the song Is launched. It comes from voice upon the wing. It comes from everywhere where hearts may...
by phillipw | Apr 10, 2026 | PO, ST
An Altar-like Looking-glass Dimension Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The world which he enters when he writes Is like a realm of two-way mirrors set Apart. This other realm is not his nights And not his...
by phillipw | Apr 10, 2026 | CA, DE
Kipper and His New Home Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Before we even moved, we thought of him. We did not think of death. We first put in His cat flap. This was not a loving whim. We planned his...
by phillipw | Apr 10, 2026 | PH, RE, SA
Clear Blue and Clear White Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “from everywhere, from nowhere” ~R. H. Blyth Sometimes it seems the universe is clear In what it says. A daybreak comes in blue Of almost...
by phillipw | Apr 9, 2026 | PE, TR
Unchangingness Must Change Patrick Stewart as Macbeth (“Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow”) Ian McKellen as Macbeth (“Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow”) – YouTube You sometimes feel that life goes on the same. The birds that sang...
by phillipw | Apr 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
Homeless Sweet Homeless Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Most animals make do without a house Of any kind. Beneath the sky of veldt They browse and scratch their fur to shift a louse, Their only roof the...
