by phillipw | Nov 8, 2026 | Sonnet
Vitavolt The dragon claw strikes down, across, a bol⇓, Barbarity of breaking. It is Zs In downward thruzt, a death az draztic jol⇓. It never ⚡i n g s ⚡⚡⚡as upward force. To seiZe With violence is lightning’s point, its one And only aim. Though brozen in its shape,...
by phillipw | Nov 8, 2026 | CH, ST
Sabbath Evening Worship Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Chris gazes at the curly-locked guy, young, So gorgeous that Prince Absalom would hate Him. Also that black hair has surely stung Too many women’s...
by phillipw | Nov 7, 2026 | BU, CH, EN, JE, ME, MU, PE, TR
The Essence of Virtue and Bass Teaching Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If melons were of music, they would be As orange as Troy’s burning if that fire Were trumpets, music all in symphony Of melons,...
by phillipw | Nov 7, 2026 | AR, CA, DR, FR, JU, NI, SI
Sweating and Yelling with Our Physical Eyeballs Gouged Out Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We go deep diving in our shallow dreams. Those dreams, though, may not be that shark-depth deep. The deeper...
by phillipw | Nov 7, 2026 | Sonnet
Cape Canaveral with Fades and Spots Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem What use are snapshots if they have no names Or words attached to them as . . . years . . . go by As merciless as cheetahs with...
by phillipw | Nov 7, 2026 | AR, BI, CH, DE, RE, Sonnet
Archepiscopal Regret Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Dedicated to Nikolai Klyuev and Sergei Yesenin together The growth of galaxies is where the grave Begins. Your death beamed there when light flashed...
by phillipw | Nov 6, 2026 | CA, DE, Ho, JO, KE, PE, RE, SH, Sonnet, TU
Still Unchangeable Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away” ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Ozymandias” The treasures of the pharaohs robbed and robbed...
by phillipw | Nov 5, 2026 | Sonnet
The Fortunate Fall For Nikolai Klyuev and Sergei Yesenin together The autumns of New England shine bright-sad. They, though mixed with gray of rain and twinned With exultation and with howls, break glad In spite of death. If Eve had never sinned, This brilliance of...
