by phillipw | Feb 11, 2024 | AL, JO, MI, PA
“The mind is its own place” ~ Paradise Lost, Book I, Lines 221-270, John Milton The mind creates its own space/time inside A rumpled space in skulls. The gravity In that dimension grows as long and wide As heaven and hell to hold depravity Of atom bombs and...
by phillipw | May 29, 2023 | AL, BO, DO, LO, OS, WI
BruteBitchBastard Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “like murdered singing birds” Lord Alfred turned to singing something worse Than that monstrosity, that attic room Abomination. He became...
by phillipw | Dec 15, 2022 | AL, AT, HI
Raising Civilization Ten thousand years ago men took to ploughs To train wild grass to flourish tame and fat. Men didn’t know that drilling seeds would rouse The walls of cities, brewing hops in vat, And stewing barley (whisky). Men grew drunk Not just...
by phillipw | Mar 15, 2022 | AL, BR, RU, SE, Uncategorized
The War Poet “a rich nature … fighting eagerly towards the truth.” “I have a rendezvous with death At some disputed barricade” ~ Alan Seeger Alan Seeger Not all war poets are the same as Brooke. Not all are like a cabinet display Of Royal Worcester...
by phillipw | Feb 11, 2022 | AL, SO
Imagine Ignorance Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Imagine being ignorant enough To fail to know the difference between The Fates and Furies, or between the buff Abderos and his...
by phillipw | Dec 6, 2021 | AL, BR, FI, RU, SE, WA, WO
The War Poet “a rich nature … fighting eagerly towards the truth.” “I have a rendezvous with death At some disputed barricade” ~ Alan Seeger Alan Seeger Not all war poets are the same as Brooke. Not all are like a cabinet display Of...
