by phillipw | Aug 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
Epic Schmepic To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour. ~ William Blake The scales of sonnets and of haiku tempt Some readers to reject the smaller forms As less...
by phillipw | Aug 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
Coursing Length With nerves of gold prepared by pent up heat He waits, with nerves of gold beneath that skin That lengthens most, he feels the heart-pulsed beat. With highest purity of carat sin He waits, has waited far too long. The wait...
by phillipw | Aug 8, 2024 | BO, CO, CU, DU, MA, ME, PE, PH
Suspended Pistols Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem Most men are made of crudest iron in shapes Like penises instead of thorns. These blunt Iron prickles make their forced, demanding scrapes In victims often in...
by phillipw | Aug 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
The New Jerusalem Comes Down to Earth Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Despite a vampire novel trying to Describe what Paradise is like, despite The sacred texts and sacred visions through...
by phillipw | Aug 6, 2024 | CL, PO, WA
Classic Roman Marble Walls are Not Poetry. Monet Water Lilies Framed upon Them Are Not Poetry. Poetry is Made to Spill. Soul is Never Still. and Art May Be Degraded But Is Not Defeated or Transient: paired sonnets Modern poetry modern verse contemporary...
