by phillipw | May 16, 2020 | PO
Why Poetry Exists Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The poem made the landscape disappear, The scenery of the world that caused each phrase. All vanished. Poetry, that buccaneer, Bushwhacked the...
by phillipw | May 16, 2020 | AU, CH, FA, FU, MO, OA, SP
Skywriting Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The well-shaped maple on the hilltop spreads Its leaves and limbs like rhythmed lines and rhymes. It is a sonnet that in autumn sheds God’s colors...
by phillipw | May 16, 2020 | BR, CO, JO, VI
Johnson Beharry Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “what is ideal in him is the beauty and freshness he embodies” ~ Jacob Burckhardt commenting on the ancient Greek hero...
by phillipw | May 16, 2020 | PO
Outlandish Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem True poetry, its tongue, has never lived As daily language used in market stalls, Or homes, or streets. Impurities are sieved Out or are alchemized...
by phillipw | May 16, 2020 | AU, CO, FA, FI, LA, OX, RE, SP
The Knighthood of the Countryside Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Genteel, the hills of Oxfordshire are clothed With farm fields at their feet, brocades of trees On shoulders and their chests. The...
