by phillipw | May 6, 2020 | AM, PO, RE, TR
What is Poetry? Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “something irreducible in poetry” ~ Michael Schmidt, The Story of Poetry, 11 Some love a certain murkiness in lines, With paradox and oxymoron prized....
by phillipw | May 6, 2020 | AM, ME, PE, VA
Shalimar by Guerlain Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Nothing is ever quite lost, even though its sense might be.” ~ Michael Schmidt, The Story of Poetry, 11 When time has taken long enough to...
by phillipw | May 3, 2020 | AM, SY
Calculated Haze How modern is the notion that the pen And keyboards on machines should write out clear Communications? Ancients, writing men, Preferred elastic meanings. Like a wier Their words held back their welling meaning, deep, Or dark, or playful,...
by phillipw | Apr 22, 2020 | AM, PO
Ambiguity When poetry resembles life, the best Of lines are rich in ambiguity In ways that life is. Open up the chest Of meanings posed and their congruity With doubleness in masks will show the worth In words. A mystery unveiled is like A sliding...
by phillipw | Apr 15, 2020 | AM, PO
Dim Imprecision: Ambiguity and Clarity “Poetry could reflect on itself, acknowledge its dim imprecision, and know itself to be interpreted and not a window onto pure truth.” ~ http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/plato-and-the-poets/ True poetry is dim and likes a torch Concealed...
by phillipw | Apr 5, 2020 | AM, BA, DI
Slanted Raising Agents When Emily abandoned schoolwork, she Assumed the baking in her family home. She turned away from the formality Of thinking of philosophers. Her dome Became the kitchen ceiling. Still, the view Outside that house took in the graveyard...
