by phillipw | Aug 6, 2026 | AN, AR
“And the angel departed” Luke 1:38 Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Thoughts, passions, all that thrust in thrills inside You, these are like the drugs you shoot within Your veins, but...
by phillipw | Aug 6, 2026 | Sonnet
Tidy Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem For William Louis Hunter V ”I’m trisexual. I’ll try anything once.” ͂ Bill Hunter So clean that he was dirty was revealed. You...
by phillipw | Aug 6, 2026 | DI
Ruth and Maw Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem What Wordsworth worships, Nature, will not stop Its gulps. Insatiable it just goes on and on With gobble, gobble, gobble. Agitprop From poets will not change...
by phillipw | Aug 5, 2026 | CH, PH, ST
Meaning Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If time has meaning, you are it. If days And nights, millennia and eons bear Some meaning as a stretched out, straightened maze, You fill them with your blackest,...
by phillipw | Aug 5, 2026 | ET, IM
The Dancer Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem This dancer, this one dancer never will Retire, but do not blame him since he can’t. The older that he grows, his dance will spill Along across eternity. The...
by phillipw | Aug 5, 2026 | AP, AR, CE
Frauds Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A statue in a mild-beamed grove defies Reality in every way. The white Of marble tells of lies, artistic lies, Too much perfection in the deep grove light, Much...
by phillipw | Aug 3, 2026 | EP, FR, PO, TR
“mental squint””mental squint” Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary “mental squint” Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary...
by phillipw | Aug 3, 2026 | FR, PO, WA, WH
“The straightforward pathway had been lost.” ~ Dante Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Far from the madding crowd’s ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learned to stray.”...
