by phillipw | Apr 3, 2025 | EX, PL
Pitiful Pluto We used to think that Pluto was the far, Far, farthest planet of them all. Today We know from telescopes that distant star And distant star have planets as their prey That cannot ever find escape. These spheres, These exoplanets might...
by phillipw | Mar 22, 2025 | EX, MO, TR
Those Who Speak Correctly Are Excommunicated Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The editors bring out the silence since They blow off beauty. And, yet, even worse They publish anti-beauty more like mince...
by phillipw | Feb 24, 2024 | EX
Destruction of Nihilism Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The silence of the flowers is heard by ears Inside the ribcage, there inside curved bones, Their marrow. Silence of the flowers...
by phillipw | Dec 26, 2020 | BO, BR, CO, DR, EX, GE, IO, JU, VU
Victors in Dream Geography Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We want to conquer dreamers’ landscapes, sweep Through them triumphantly, explore each dream And make it ours. We want to fathom deep...
by phillipw | Nov 8, 2020 | EX, GY, MA, PH
Curvatures They sign up for the gym together, both For different reasons, but that’s how a man And woman are. They both desire some growth Of sexiness. He wants to spread the span Of manliness. She wants to make her form More feminine. Of course...
by phillipw | May 16, 2020 | AD, EX, Ho
Fear God If wrecked upon the Shoal of Thought How is it with the Sea? The only Vessel that is shunned Is safe—Simplicity— ~ Emily Dickinson We move across the depths. We skim the waves. We barely penetrate the sea. We glide As if the ocean...
by phillipw | Jan 19, 2020 | DE, EX, SL
The Refugee Camp, the Deepest Coastline, the Mortuary The mother of the little ones who died Must fall to drowsiness like all the rest Of us. Her bleeding sorrow has not dried Out yet, but sleepiness will have its jest With agony, no matter what. Our eyes Close,...
by phillipw | Nov 5, 2019 | EX
Unseen Poetry “The dismal poetry findings stand in sharp contrast not only to the rise in general fiction reading, but also to the efforts of the country’s many poetry-advocacy organizations, which for the past dozen years have been creating...