by phillipw | May 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
I Don’t Believe the Doctrine that Readers, not the Authors, Finish a Book Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Occasionally another reader made Red marks inside the margins by some lines Of poetry as if an...
by phillipw | May 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
Do Not Fling Poetry into Foolishness The poet Merwin thinks about the whim That language uses us. He doesn’t say That this is just a playful notion. Slim That whimsy, though of course it’s fun to play With half-time silliness but then the game Is quite another...
by phillipw | May 9, 2024 | RE, SP
Wakeful Peace Under Shining in the Sky Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The morning April dawns, the force of March Prepares to fade. A quietude so faint That it is silent, unheard, starts to arch Its...