by phillipw | Apr 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
Illusive Composition The April breeze is melody too soft To hear, as silent as the fragrance from The peonies the air now holds aloft, A separate melody that sends its thrum Beside the breeze. A madrigal they make, A natural fugue for eye and soundless...
by phillipw | Apr 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
Seeing and Not Seeing The heroes never learn until too late, Or maybe they do not find out at all. Macbeth moves backwards. As he meets his fate, He grasps his evil only. Truths appall Him. Manliness and bravery he thinks Will save his woman-stricken...
by phillipw | Apr 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
Neigh Liberation Stallions If men resist the freedom that they need, That proves their liberty. A man might seek A “must,” or “ought” or “should” and sign a creed, But freedom simply will not swallow meek Acceptance of a coward liberty. He buys a comfort with...
by phillipw | Apr 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Midnight Ride of Scrawl Revere Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If what you want is poetry that plods Along with limps like injured horse Gaits, Henry Wadsworth is for you with clods Like...
by phillipw | Apr 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
He Walks into Lucas Samaras’s Cube of Reflections, Looking Glasses in Every Direction Inside Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Why was I born among mirrors? The daylight revolves around me. And the night...
