by phillipw | Aug 16, 2026 | BR, Ho, SE, TI, UG
Amid the Reek of Rotting Seaweed from the Indian River Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We know a certain awe when summer comes, When hot months come with sweat and heat among The trunks, the limbs and...
by phillipw | Aug 16, 2026 | BE, BI, CO, GA, PO, RE, SA, SE
Slave Owner Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “whipping Courtenay in some posture or another” The Gothick lover Beckford bends to whip His boy. The whipper bends himself in shape That shocks...
by phillipw | Aug 16, 2026 | CR, DE, PE, RE, SH
The Ultimate Spectrum Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A painter moves a pink skinned pear inside A still life scene and starts to paint again. Another painting comes. Dress up the bride In black and...
by phillipw | Aug 16, 2026 | Sonnet
Toad as Seer Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem In Oriental thought a toad might croak A moon—or even Buddha’s moon. The belch Might bring Enlightenment. Beneath an oak A monkish toad might find a way to...
by phillipw | Aug 16, 2026 | BU, TO, UG
Hobbled Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Yes, even ugly ones, this mud-like one, This toad partakes of pure divinity. He hauls himself from hunkered shade to sun And shows his lug-skinned grin. The...
by phillipw | Aug 14, 2026 | Sonnet
Toad A toad is not a stone. He has a brain. He can annoy more than a marble rock That falls across a path. We feel a strain When he with slowness causes us a block From what we want in gardens or where we Would start to plant a pine. He takes too long Galumphing...
by phillipw | Aug 14, 2026 | AN, CA, OE, PU, SO
Antigone Hangs Herself with Her Bridal Veil Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The audience desires a swollen purge, Says Aristotle. In the tragic mode The people want the playwright’s tricks to urge To a...
by phillipw | Aug 14, 2026 | AF, DE, LE, SO
Sung Incense-vague Roses Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “The good is oft interrèd with their bones” Prepare your poetry to be your song For singing after you are gone. The grave Is not for it. As...
