by phillipw | May 4, 2026 | Uncategorized
Fullness in Concavity Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem It has handsomeness in grace, a grace Receding and yet full. It glares with flame, A flame of blackness yet without a trace Of smell’s apology,...
by phillipw | May 4, 2026 | BL, MY, RO, WI, WO
Blake District Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem What Wordsworth felt about the rocks is just About as crucial as the way that they Regarded him. If they cried out in dust About the lakes and hills,...
by phillipw | May 4, 2026 | BE, DR, Uncategorized
Butterfly Dreaming Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The butterfly is dreaming wingful dreams Where it is waiting on the warming stone. The stone is less important than the streams Of light that play on...
by phillipw | May 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
Conception, Immaculate Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem An unborn child, unformed except in thought; A tone without a sound, a noteless chord; Click on these two links ⇒ [ Wanamaker Organ – The Lost...
by phillipw | May 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Meaning of Creation Consider how the sound a fish makes, dark The sound, in dark since fishes are unknown In essence, most especially the shark, Unknown to us not least because no groan Escapes from slaughter underneath dark waves. The coldness of the cutting,...
by phillipw | May 3, 2026 | MO, RO, TO
There is No God Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Our loves go on. Mosquitoes come and go But mostly come as faithful as the saints Who hug their holiness as martyrs, slow To give up. They avoid...
by phillipw | May 3, 2026 | EM
Pay Attention to the Flowers Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Let not one flower of spring go past your eye Unseen. Let not one rose of June go past Unsmelled. Let every lilac leave its dye Of purple,...
by phillipw | May 2, 2026 | ME, SE
It All Comes Out Wrong in the Wash Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Mosquitoes in the daytime; Buddha hides Them, dark behind him.” Fantasizing such, The poet Issa, sentimental, glides To sacred...
