by phillipw | Apr 5, 2022 | CA, WH, WO
Dance Floor Wonder, Wow! Canaveral in the 1920s stood For ultra boondocks-ness. A band made up Of ukulele and a shiny wood Guitar and small accordion played up For tiny audiences in the hall. Still, people simply have to make do with The stuff to hand. But then a...
by phillipw | Apr 4, 2022 | DI, HE, OP, PU
The Soprano and the Incarcerated Singing A woman sings soprano and she goes To visit men in prison. She instructs How they should give the bass line and transpose Distress with voices. Her voice conducts Them how to deal with Dido’s sorrow near The pyre and waves...
by phillipw | Apr 4, 2022 | SE
Battle Between the Sexes Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If we were azure, scarlet, orange as A tangerine, or ugly grayish teal, If we were purple as the smoky jazz In Bourbon Street, would other...
by phillipw | Apr 3, 2022 | CR, DE, GO
Sapphire Surprise Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When gods first started making humans from . . . The bits of dirt around the earth . . . , the shapes Were much the same if made of dust...
by phillipw | Apr 1, 2022 | SP
“Tarry,” is Spring’s Command Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Yet if we grieve, the spring that blossoms will Not come as wishes quick or slow will leap. The grief of spring will hasten just...
