by phillipw | Jun 9, 2021 | GO, MY, RE, SP
“the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy” Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem … We live with those bright beings long ago And far away inside our bones and...
by phillipw | Jun 9, 2021 | GA, JU, LE, SW, ZE
The Age of the Gods Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The age of gods remains the same, a still Forever. As they were, they ever are, And ever will be, in a changeless, chill, Transparent medium. ...
by phillipw | Jun 8, 2021 | FE, HE, MA, SE, TH, TR
It Takes One Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Henry David Thoreau writes of Chaucer, “We are tempted to say that his genius was feminine, not masculine. It was such feminineness,...
by phillipw | Jun 8, 2021 | CH
April Infatuation Saigyô says about the cherry blossoms of Mr. Yoshino, “Could I but divide up myself, and see every spray on unnumbered hills of flowers in bloom!” Let Ariel inhabit me when spring Returns so I can fly from tree to tree. I’ll zoom...
by phillipw | Jun 7, 2021 | EN
Where We Ought to Be Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem At times we feel like God. At times we feel Like us, just humans, men and women, not Like God. At times, though this is quite surreal, We...
