by phillipw | Apr 21, 2021 | HE, LO, PA, RE
Galumphing Patriotism The worst of patriotic people’s verse Is halting lineage of “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere.” Two lanterns would disperse (Or one) the orders that were set to guide The rider. Lucklessly, no one offered Such guidance to the poet. He...
by phillipw | Apr 21, 2021 | AR, FR, MO, PO, RI
Rimbaud’s Tiny Kisser Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem …….. It’s worse than that unsmiling mouth implies. It’s more a grimness, executioner Made flesh and teeth. If he were...
by phillipw | Apr 21, 2021 | GO, RA
The Opposite of Rape Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A mountain turns and sticks it peak, hard, down, And burrows in the ground. The action brings No glow like lava. It does not even bring a...
by phillipw | Apr 20, 2021 | BI, HU, OS, PH, Uncategorized, WH, WI
Hyperthymesia, , William Louis Hunter V, SRA Reading Lab, and Oscar Wilde Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Bill is in the white cardigan. I’m in the dark sweater in the center. My boyhood...
by phillipw | Apr 19, 2021 | LO, RO, UN
Love in England I even sent you stupid things like pics Of guards in London backed with notes about The mayflower being in bloom. The tricks I pulled were quite pathetic. Rave and shout Was just about the only method left Untried. The sonnets, longer...
