by phillipw | Aug 10, 2020 | BU, DA, IN, MI
Danaus plexippus Flocks Remember a Prehistoric Everest The butterflies recall an ancient slope. The Monarchs flew for eons past a peak Too high for them. Those insects had no hope Of scaling it, this black and orange clique, So huge and gorgeous that the angel cloud...
by phillipw | Aug 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
Some readers may find parts of this sonnet sequence about Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine offensive. If you think you may be offended, please do not read it. Thanks. II Back in Bleu Paris 19 Mixing It “Come, dear great soul, you are awaited, you Are...
by phillipw | Aug 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
Some readers may find parts of this sonnet sequence about Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine offensive. If you think you may be offended, please do not read it. Thanks. Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem...
by phillipw | Aug 6, 2020 | AS, FR, LE, SA
Refuse and Refuse Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The refuse after war is what he had Become. The refuse after battle with His father but first the trash, the bad Boy, as the refuse after war. ...
by phillipw | Aug 4, 2020 | AS, MA, MO, OP, ST, SU
Compassionless The radiation that we think about Most often is bright light we see. The moon And sun embrace each other as they shout Their opera duet, their brilliance strewn Across the nights and days of bowing we Have always done. The stars have bit parts...
