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Though ’Twere 10,000 Waves

 Though ’Twere 10,000 Waves Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem  If you were near a distant loch, away The miles from England where I dream of you, Dream daydreams of the hair on you, Strathspey Between us,...

Olympus and Mount Helicon Inside Us Always

Olympus and Mount Helicon Inside Us Always Our singing starts when mind and heart awake A pen or tongue.  The singing might be notes Or words, composer or the poet.  Blake Or Brahms begins inside us.  Singing floats Out from our fingers or our mouths.  The lips Then...

Behaving

                    Behaving Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem  If I could be my Prospero, some hours Perhaps, perceive the cosmos through his eyes While hiding underneath a shrub from showers Of English...

Brown and Pink

           Brown and Pink Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem    Bracken.  Public domain. The bracken, just like life, turns back to rust. They make their way up through it, rustling through The brown.  They...

Nosebleeds in a Coffeehouse Might Help

Nosebleeds in a Coffeehouse Might Help “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked” Howlers annoy.  The “poets” speak their lines In limping prose and then expect the rest Of us to call it verse.  There should be...