by phillipw | Mar 12, 2026 | GA
Isabella Stewart Gardner on her Knees Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We tire of life, its many tricky lures, And try to leave them for some howling hounds To follow. Lures like these are not the cures...
by phillipw | Mar 12, 2026 | MU
Composed Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We memorize the moment that we first Took in that music is of bits of sounds Each felt apart, but, all to make the burst Of beauty breaking through their separate...
by phillipw | Mar 11, 2026 | DE, FA
Carnegie Hall of Frozen Ebony Music Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We are still masters of our fate. ~ Winston S. Churchill Our lives meander, not knowing what they Might hear. This situation is not...
by phillipw | Mar 11, 2026 | MO, RO, TO
Blinded Montesquiou The darkness on the tomb of Montesquiou And next to it, abated by the sky Of clouds of white and by the dome of blue, Is emphasized with dirt and algae by It and upon it. Dirtiness is shrill Upon the grave . . . and not to mention weeds Would be...
by phillipw | Mar 11, 2026 | AM, BL, SE, Uncategorized
Azure is Both Silence and Transparent Whisper Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem One blue, ambivalence of color, rhymes With more. The holiest of blues is like A crushed velour, like crushed and ancient...
