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What is Poetry?

What is Poetry? Modern poetry  modern verse  contemporary poetry  contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “something irreducible in poetry” ~ Michael Schmidt, The Story of Poetry, 11 Some love a certain murkiness in lines, With paradox and oxymoron prized....

Great Again

          Great Again Modern poetry  modern verse  contemporary poetry  contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem So this is how I felt when Tronald Dump https://bwpa-images.s3.amazonaws.com/winners/NETY2xYJPwimmYsXn.jpg Won stupid votes in Rust Dump zones,...

October Conviction

     October Conviction Modern poetry  modern verse  contemporary poetry  contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The bird lifts up its wings to soak up fire’s Orange warmth, its orange and yellow heat. The wings Spread wide to soak up more. The black aspires...

Rendezvous and Rendezvous and Ascension

Rendezvous and Rendezvous and Ascension When only wings come into focus, tips Especially, we think of more than flight. We think of glossy prospects and of lips And glossy possibilities. Blue light In shading truths of focus opens wide. The light might mean that...

Shalimar by Guerlain

     Shalimar by Guerlain Modern poetry  modern verse  contemporary poetry  contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Nothing is ever quite lost, even though its sense might be.” ~ Michael Schmidt, The Story of Poetry, 11 When time has taken long enough to...