by phillipw | Mar 1, 2026 | FA, Uncategorized
Piety in Front of Perfected Contrapposto ‘‘fall short of the glory’’ The sculpture bends, impossible to curve Like that, but there he is, a headlong thrust To needful beauty and a hipslong swerve To teasing sacredness. You long to gust Desire inside those bronze or...
by phillipw | Mar 1, 2026 | HI
The Human Soul Desires to Write in Sonnets and an Ode Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgknj7yyv2o Long, long before poor Homer and the lines Of Vedas and Upanishads,...
by phillipw | Feb 28, 2026 | CO, CR, DR, HE, LU, RO
Speedy Affliction Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Addiction is an evil when it brings You love. The Greeks were right about that drug Delivered by an arrow. Its point stings You with the chemical. That...
by phillipw | Feb 28, 2026 | SK
Aria da Capo Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem None but the lark so shrill and clear; Now at heaven’s gate she claps her wings, The morn not waking till she sings. ~ John Lyly, “Spring’s Welcom”...
by phillipw | Feb 28, 2026 | LO
The Forest of Knowledge of Right and Evil Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He emptied out his blood in her. He gave Her all of it in gusts. She felt it through his flesh. She felt his passion as he did...
