by phillipw | Mar 4, 2021 | CA, SY, TR
Concealment or Revelation Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If minds could play the instruments of mist, Sopranos sing the songs of unheard souls, And treble boys in choirs sing amethyst Magnificats,...
by phillipw | Mar 3, 2021 | CR
Homoeomeria A feeling comes. The earth is falling from The edge of clouds. From nothingness a sword Appears penumbra-like. More like a hum Than fugue a Viking warship foams a fjord. An egret rises from lagoon miasma Punctilious, precise, and feathered...
by phillipw | Mar 3, 2021 | PH, PO
Symphonies or Aristotle Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A poet opens up his lips. We want A poem from them, not wisdom. A sage Pronouncement we can do without. The font Of clear philosophy...
by phillipw | Mar 1, 2021 | FR
Messed Up Doesn’t Rhyme with Best Is poetry that’s free as free as all That? Surely it’s the poet who is free Or not. S/he makes the choice to make a sprawl Of words (and punctuation?) dribblingly Straight (straight?) along the right-hand margin, or Elects to wander...
by phillipw | Mar 1, 2021 | AP, GA, Ho, RO, SE
Heterodox Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When first he kissed, his name and family dis appeared, his father and his brothers van ished, and his mother and his aunties mis conceived...
