by phillipw | May 28, 2026 | Ho, TR
At the Center of Concentric Stars, Each of Equal Weight The helplessness of love that moves the earth, The sea and stars is never lonely. Love’s Plight always spreads through Three. Eternal worth Is One, is Theirs, is Three. It is the Dove’s, The Father’s and the...
by phillipw | May 27, 2026 | AN, AR
The Iliad and Mary, the Mother of God Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Five decades (more) ago he bought a pen, A fountain pen when people used such things Before they had their iPads, back when men Wrote...
by phillipw | May 27, 2026 | RO
Birds in the Rain Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem They have to hide away and shelter. Rain Of weight and length brings hunger to their wings. Birds dare not fly about. They feel the pain Of fasting...
by phillipw | May 26, 2026 | DE, GR, TR
Beauty Dejected Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem His face is sad and wonked today, his work As heavy as a weighted wing that will Remain a broken crash. He cannot shirk The crush of tasks, and so...
by phillipw | May 26, 2026 | LU, ME, SA
Tall and Big Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A man called life climbs up his marble stairs As lover, father, other pulsing parts Assigned to him, perhaps in different pairs, Half rhymes. Because we...
by phillipw | May 25, 2026 | CO, MA, ON, PE, SE, TE, TH
Him to Hymn Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “I am driven to a fine extremity; this limb of mine is mine own.” ~ Merry Wives of Windsor, III, sc. 5 His Him parts cause the hymn. You...
by phillipw | May 25, 2026 | PE, RO, Sonnet
Imagination Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We build up fancies in our minds too much, Like sonnets in a sequence, or a plot Inside a Mills and Boon romance. A touch Of madness like divine ideas is...
by phillipw | May 24, 2026 | DO, GR, MA, TR
A Don Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The strength of knowledge is too like an arm With muscles that are honed by taking drugs And gobs of protein, but tremendous harm Can come to strength by...
