by phillipw | Apr 17, 2025 | RO
Romance Full Blown and Ripened Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Yes, even if a Giant Redwood held A song in every needle lifted high Towards heaven, even if these ballads swelled Forever upward and...
by phillipw | Apr 16, 2025 | GA, LO, RO
Your Mouth Deserves a Tropical Seashore of Kisses Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The palm tree is an echo of our time Together in our love, reverberates It curving parts much more than echoes. Rhyme...
by phillipw | Apr 16, 2025 | CA, DE, Uncategorized
Malagueñas The music of the tavern comes on black Flamenco stallions. Horseshoes cause the banged Out rhythm. Death is seldom Spanish slack Though always sweatless. Drinkers are harrangued With songs that rise from olive groves too old To...
by phillipw | Apr 16, 2025 | CH, Ho, RE, RO, SE
Semana Santa in Sevilla Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Flamenco singing calls for death to come. Death lives forever, stubborn, in Seville. In Holy Week the living, nearly numb From saints and...
by phillipw | Apr 16, 2025 | LO, MA, TR
Carnival Hall of Distorting Mirrors Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If mirrors of themselves are green and not Their frames, Rococo onyx framings, will The looking glasses sprout pale orchids hot As...
