by phillipw | May 31, 2021 | AE, BE, ES
A Water Drop on a Peacock Feather Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Esthetics lacking hair are bound to fade. They last less long than orange sunsets on A tropical horizon. Such are swayed To...
by phillipw | May 30, 2021 | BO
Translucent Fun like Daydreams Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Only we’ll live awhile, as children play, Without tomorrow, without yesterday.” ~ A. Mary P. Robinson, “Let Us...
by phillipw | May 30, 2021 | LI, PO, RE
Ricocheting and Reverberations “A Poem of any length neither can be, nor ought to be, all poetry.” ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge The lazy ones all say, “I like this line.” That keeps them from admitting that they don’t Like all the others. That is all just...
by phillipw | May 30, 2021 | BR, DE, HE, MA, PR, VI
The Bridegroom Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He wakes up in the bridal bed. The sheets Are white but crumpled. She is slumped beside Him in a different sleep. Her throat pulse...
by phillipw | May 30, 2021 | BA, JA, PO, ZE
Sado Island Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A haiku does not aim for beauty. In The essence of the poem beauty waits. A prima donna stays behind the thin Wing curtains. ...
