by phillipw | Mar 11, 2026 | DE, FA
Carnegie Hall of Frozen Ebony Music Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We are still masters of our fate. ~ Winston S. Churchill Our lives meander, not knowing what they Might hear. This situation is not...
by phillipw | Mar 11, 2026 | MO, RO, TO
Blinded Montesquiou The darkness on the tomb of Montesquiou And next to it, abated by the sky Of clouds of white and by the dome of blue, Is emphasized with dirt and algae by It and upon it. Dirtiness is shrill Upon the grave . . . and not to mention weeds Would be...
by phillipw | Mar 11, 2026 | AM, BL, SE, Uncategorized
Azure is Both Silence and Transparent Whisper Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem One blue, ambivalence of color, rhymes With more. The holiest of blues is like A crushed velour, like crushed and ancient...
by phillipw | Mar 10, 2026 | BL, CH, CR, JE, LO
Hearts’ Veins are Colored Blue By the breath of his mouth Blue, azure, all their shining shades show truth. The lightest blue was first of colors from The breath of Christ. That blue was perfect youth Jehovah first imagined in the hum Of heaven’s music. Since that...
by phillipw | Mar 10, 2026 | BL, LO, SA
Reflections and Prisms Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The color blue, the looking glass of mind When it pretends to separate the real From Keats’ ideal, though made from diamonds mined, Is much like...
