by phillipw | Sep 3, 2026 | SP
Hermaphrodites Spiralling on the Catwalk of the Ocean Floor Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The sacoglassin sea slug settles by The spiral of its eggs, a slime of pearls. Slug purposes aim not to...
by phillipw | Sep 3, 2026 | BE, SN
A Decade Fades but Boomerangs Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Those niggling nightmares are the worst though not In their intensity. That bully years ago With pimpled puss who threatened like a clot Of...
by phillipw | Sep 3, 2026 | OD, PO, PT
Sacred Stanzas of Assassination Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Gods—Odin, Bragi—gruesomeness, give lines To bards as shamans. Shame lacks any ruth. Their stanzas grow strict dinosauric spines For...
by phillipw | Sep 3, 2026 | BR, NO, OD
Gods of Poetry Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The glint that grows to poetry from gods Glares out to glisten on the tongue of one God, Odin. On the tongue of Bragi lauds Of luminescence of the wars men...
by phillipw | Sep 2, 2026 | BL, SA, SP
Black Holes Are Stars of Collapsed Flame Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Those tiny things expected haven’t come. This stretches out elastic heart and mind As if Creator God has shunted from Desired...
by phillipw | Sep 2, 2026 | EL, MA
Hiding in her Sgiort Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I dinnae care about the ginger Queen Of Scots, that redhead Mary. Why should I? She isn’t very much my Hippocrene (However spelled in Scots). I...
by phillipw | Sep 1, 2026 | Sonnet
That You Love Me Still the Same [in the voice of CRS about my continued dedication] Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem (73) Balfe: The Bohemian Girl / Act 2: “I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls”...
by phillipw | Aug 31, 2026 | SU
Dracula Eating Lunch with Victims Impaled around his Feast; a Hairshirt on a Evening Martyr; Murderer’s Garotte in Darkened Alleys; a Postulant’s Pure Innocence the Color of Unopened Morning Pearls Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse...
