by phillipw | May 14, 2020 | DI, RO, TY
Robin Redbreast Rex Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A recent scientific study found That birds are dinosaurs. These creatures are Not merely cousins of those monsters bound For mass extinction. That...
by phillipw | May 14, 2020 | CH, FR, GR, MA, MO, ST
A Mortal Passenger Close to Immortality I move now like a ghost who carries you Inside me. Others cannot see the real Me. Certainly they do not have a view Of you within me. Only slumps reveal The weight I bear because of beauty in My body, loveliness that you...
by phillipw | May 14, 2020 | AN, HY
Crochet and Chain Mail Strength The weaving of a rhythm and a song With speech is what the meaning of a hymn Was in the ancient world. So, this has long Been part of what our souls require. This rim Of beauty has been held the best since time Was human. We have...
by phillipw | May 14, 2020 | AN, GA, Ho, LO, SE
Sarmentus Deliciae, Augustus, and Falernian Intoxication A few of us (and I am one) are known By name when centuries have passed. Just one Peculiar quality defines us. Grown Men cannot do without us for their fun. Our beauty is intoxicating from The first sip that...
by phillipw | May 13, 2020 | AN
The Roman Matron, the Eloquent Philosopher, and the Rostrom in Rome from which He Delivered his Speeches The matron Fulvia, once wife of two Great men, awaits her chance. They both were foes Of Cicero, first Clodius. Her new One was Mark Antony. This day her...
