by phillipw | Aug 28, 2026 | Sonnet
The Lost Whale Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The scrimshaw works are eloquent in bone In Salem, eloquent of boredom, souls Of sailors on the whaling ships, alone The men surrounded by their mates and...
by phillipw | Aug 27, 2026 | Sonnet
Matthew 10:29 Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A breeze that comes from somewhere, nowhere Or from everywhere lifts wide the leaves and tears Them from their limb. The breeze, though gem-bright air, Is...
by phillipw | Aug 27, 2026 | PR
Daintiest Delicacies Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The micro-mollusks have been hiding down Beneath the Papua New Guinea waves. In billions they are dressed in spiralled gown And fairy frock, and...
by phillipw | Aug 26, 2026 | HE, WH, WO
Helen Remembers Woodrow as a Young Man Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Woodrow in overalls in a colorized photo a few years before Helen met him. She sees him standing on the wooden porch On Cape...
by phillipw | Aug 26, 2026 | CA, WH, WO
1920s Earthbound Boyhood without Apollo Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The people with their gilt have left their house With boards across the doors. The windows, too, Are barred, but still the boy, a...
by phillipw | Aug 26, 2026 | FL, OR, Sonnet, SU
Memory Better than Sunny Daydream’s Ocean Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “And by mere playing go to heaven” ~ Henry Vaughan, “Childhood” in Silex Scintillans (1655) It is as if the river has submerged My...
by phillipw | Aug 26, 2026 | DA, DO, IV, JA, WH, WO
The Orange Grove Behind Our House Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A grove can take us anywhere. The leaves Shine distances: blood’s pirates that we play Are in the Caribbean*. Vision cleaves Us with...
by phillipw | Aug 26, 2026 | AR, GA, LU
Richard Wilbur in Omiscience Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem For Tom Wehtje When poetry is poetry, it zings Eternity as if the one true God Remembered after He had made the wings Of gold on Gabriel that...
