by phillipw | Feb 26, 2025 | CH, ST, Uncategorized
“Adieu, adieu, adieu. Remember me.” Hamlet, Act I, sc, v, 98 Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If you were ghost and I were ghost with you, Would specter mouths be tempted, bringing lips...
by phillipw | Feb 25, 2025 | CH, RE, WA
Skylarks Are Shot in France Despite Vaughan Williams Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The skylark soars above the corpses on The battlefield of live doctrinal hate. There often has been one bright sunny...
by phillipw | Feb 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Burning Burnt Orange Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem There’s orange and then there’s orange of silk. That lords It over other colors. Purple bows Before it. Others have no right in chords...
by phillipw | Feb 24, 2025 | KI, OR, SE
Holy, Holy, Holy Lips Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary If I had holy lips, my mouth would bring Them to the sacred spaces that all know, Especially those ones our seers sing. Sublime prophetic lips...
by phillipw | Feb 24, 2025 | Ta, TO
The Gasp of Moons Moons suffer subtle tortures. All around Them float sweet stars, sweet water drops that wink At them. Sweet twinkling cruelties abound. Sahara dry, the moons can never drink. A shooting star or asteroid might hit A moon, but water...