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Ancient Art

               Ancient Art Modern poetry  modern verse  contemporary poetry  contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “the ancients had  not that conception of beauty separated from goodness which forms the basis and aim of aesthetics in our time” ~ Leo...

Utmost

            Utmost Modern poetry  modern verse  contemporary poetry  contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Perfections are perfection but just one Is perfect. This is it. Yes, even he Is stunned to musing by the thought that none, No other single truth,...

Haydn

                 Haydn Modern poetry  modern verse  contemporary poetry  contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A poem does not need to be about Emotions, yours or anyone’s. Instead A sonnet may avoid a tear or shout. Indeed the lines could be about your...

Silenced Pigments

  Silenced Pigments Modern poetry  modern verse  contemporary poetry  contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The shadows on a marble sculpture mean As much or more than its undarkened white. They have a message, vivid as that seen Upon the surface of a...

Unforgotten Love

     Unforgotten Love Modern poetry  modern verse  contemporary poetry  contemporary verse  modern poem  contemporary poem If love were like best poems, it would last Forever, or as long as things that are not God Survive. But love is not quite perfect, vast, And...

Playalinda

                Playalinda The honey light of Florida I see In you, the orange-blossom nectar turned To amber. Frenzied buzz and frenzied bee Produce a beauty like your own. We yearned For it for decades. Now it comes in you. The gold of hair against the suntanned...