by phillipw | Jun 29, 2024 | AM, Uncategorized
Lacrimae Rerum Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Lacrimae rerum” (“tears of things”) ~ Virgil, The Aeneid, Book I, line 462 “Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity”; and “The main...
by phillipw | May 31, 2024 | AM, GA, PE, SI, TW
Wintke and Witkówiŋ “The term wíŋtke refers to men who partook in traditional feminine duties while the term witkówiŋ (“crazy woman”) was used for women who rejected their roles as either mother or wife to be a prostitute.” ~ Article about Sioux...
by phillipw | Sep 7, 2023 | AM, AN, CL, ID, PE
The Ideal Refuses Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Greeks never showed the Amazon with one Breast chopped away in marble. Beauty’s shape Flowed lacking flaws. Greek teachings all...
by phillipw | Apr 20, 2022 | AM
Acoustic Shadows Look Like Nothing The universe is filled with baffling things, With paradoxes like a suite of tunes In sound that isn’t heard but still it sings: Acoustic shadows cast by clear balloons, Invisible their shapes, invisible Their shadows if in fact they...
by phillipw | Mar 15, 2022 | AM, BI, DE, DO, RU, SE, Ta
Taatamata and Denham Russell-Smith The evidence, it seems, implies that stuff With women caused him greatest grief, except For Taatamata. Mother was enough To force him to desire control. She kept Him on the tightest lead as best she might And love for Ka produced a...
by phillipw | Mar 13, 2022 | AM, BI, BR, BY, GE, RU
Not Just Fame Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Sherril Shell’s Byronesque reproduction of Brooke’s own devising (the one his friends thought revulsive enough to dub ‘Your...
