by phillipw | Jan 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
Wilma Singing Over the Florida Lagoon Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When singing turn your voice this way and then The other, singing for all creatures you Might reach, not humans only, women, men And...
by phillipw | Jan 13, 2026 | AU, PE
Who Cares for Ivory, Pink and Red? Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Aunt Ruby’s well brought up the truest pink That God had ever hoped for pink to be. The peach tree’s petals were not for her sink....
by phillipw | Jan 13, 2026 | JA, UG, Uncategorized
Light and Small and Tall in Meaning Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem There’s smallness and there’s smallness. There is light And lighter yet. A tiny, tiny foot Comes down and rests on dipper’s handle,...
by phillipw | Jan 13, 2026 | BL, LO, MO, MU, NI
Assignations Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Assign the fence to mockingbirds in love. Assign the limb to nightingales and moons, The sky to larks in spirals up above, The blackbird’s vapored song...
by phillipw | Jan 13, 2026 | BA, JE, MO, NI
Fantasias versus “Free Verse” (prose) Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem brother james air – YouTube The birds are happy with their songs. They sing Them yet again, again. Unchanging through...
by phillipw | Jan 13, 2026 | BE, IW, MA
Guys Expended for the Greater Bad Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When beautiful young men are killed, the sign They stand for towers over them. Forget Their armpits. Make their flag a holy shrine....
by phillipw | Jan 12, 2026 | IM
Cavemen and Emperors Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Attempts to think like Washington at war While we are in our studies lined with chintz And books are doomed, a doomed and wingless chore. We can’t...
by phillipw | Jan 12, 2026 | CU
Cowardice In storm-like days our memories dim away From rainbow moments in our past. The strengths Of hurricanes, their twister periods, sway Our souls. They go to tacit lengths To search for calm forgetfulness. As in Our sleep we struggle to escape a dream...
