by phillipw | May 10, 2024 | LI, RE
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...
by phillipw | May 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
No Matter How You Dress It Up, We Are Alone Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Love is all.” The Baron in the Trees, Italo Calvino Charles Randall Stanfield ...
by phillipw | May 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
How They Grow “all things were made by Him” ~ John 1:3 Consider how the lilies of the field Grow. Think about not beauty nor their toil But how they seed and root, so how they yield From earth and stalks and stems and slowly coil Out blossoms. How can this...
