by phillipw | May 13, 2020 | FR, LO, MA
Low Level Loves For most of us baize friendship is a low Replacement for the brocade kinds of love. It hums along, not singing. It is slow Compared to passion which is far above It, or at least in poetry it is. A man needs buddies, yes, of course, but they...
by phillipw | May 13, 2020 | AU, DE
The Fall I think that I will be an autumn leaf In dying. I will turn to blowing red And glowing amber. Yellow’s autumn grief Will sublimate me like a glistening dread. October skies of vivifying blue And indigo November afternoons Will only serve to...
by phillipw | May 13, 2020 | AN, GA, HE, LO, MO, PE, RO, ST
The Hardened Dog with a Raisin Bun in its Mouth in PompeiiModern poetry modern verse Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem se modern poem contemporary The saddest little things come down to us From ancient...
by phillipw | May 13, 2020 | IN, PR, VI
Alexander the Great Had No Inkling of Precious Christian Virtues When Burma was unknown, it furnished true Red, rubies brought to Alexander’s court. It was as if an incensed goddess threw The gems from mystery, sent gems athwart The deserts from the depths of...
by phillipw | May 12, 2020 | MO
I Defy You to Listen to “Music” by Jean Barraqué and Not be Nauseated The centuries just before our current one Decided to experiment with form In all the arts. This sea change had begun With poetry. The Rimbauds caused a storm Along with Whitman and vers libre...
