by phillipw | Dec 9, 2025 | AE, BE, ES, Ho
Epic Similes as Nectar Among Thorns “A poem of any length neither can be, nor ought to be, all poetry.” ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Biographia Litteraria “ ‘Why did the whole Greek world exult over the combat scenes in the Iliad?’ asks Friedrich Nietzsche. We modern...
by phillipw | Nov 3, 2025 | AE, BE, ES, Uncategorized
In Met Miss Universe in a Diamond Tiara Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The butterfly flapped Away, was gone. My spirit Came back inside me. ~ Wafû The way a comet feels the pull of weight In weightless...
by phillipw | Aug 3, 2025 | AE, ES
“benignant severity of Giotto” ~ R. H. Blyth For Jamie Whidden A poet looks at life benignly though Ferocious through the tigers’ eyes. So blue In white ones, they are yellow, amber, foe Of innocence in orange ones. Only true Roars are allowed. Judas kisses Christ....
by phillipw | Jul 23, 2025 | AE, BA, ES
Murder Will Out “goodness, like murder, will out” ~ R. H. Blyth Nerds try to kill normality like those Who kill off music, art and poetry. The twelve-tone tunes (?) attempt to set a pose Of music, but our normal ears still see Straight through the scam. In...
by phillipw | Jun 13, 2025 | AE, BU, ES, IM, SA, Uncategorized
Sabi and “Kubla Khan” Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “withered the health and the spirits of his bride” ~ Edgar Allen Poe, “The Oval Portrait” The poet left his lines unfinished—and Unfinished it...
by phillipw | Jun 10, 2025 | AE, ES, ID, PE, PO, Uncategorized
The Alchemists Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Man errs, till he has ceased to strive. ~ Goethe, Doctor Faustus The perfect poets, if there be such things, Want lines condensing life...
