by phillipw | Jun 13, 2020 | AN, AR
Classic Clarity Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse Who’d want to read the ancient poets, myth And tales, because of facts? Aegean blue And empty temples, ancient grave sites with A beaten gold mask may be facts and true,...
by phillipw | Jun 12, 2020 | AN, CA, PU
Costumed Judgment Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The royalty and myths and heroes of Those eras far removed in masked up time Produced the primal tragedies. The love In them, the hate, and...
by phillipw | Jun 11, 2020 | AN, GR, OR
Crushed Wings of Longing Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse “Some say he was around sixty-three years old when he met his death” ~ Michael Schmidt, The First Poets Much longer than the greatest poet I Have lived. We have no notion...
by phillipw | May 28, 2020 | AN, CH, SE, Ta
[The following sonnet may offend some readers. Do not read it if you think you may be offended.] Preincarnation: Rear Regard Action* Talleyrand said, “Love is a reality in the domain of the imagination.” “Celui qui n’a pas vécu au dix-huitième si...
by phillipw | May 26, 2020 | AN, AU, BA, CH, HU, IN, JO, LU, MU, PS
Psalm 130 From out of depths of sorrow came the sounds Of Parry’s anthem (first of all) “In my Distress.” The music came from deep chest wounds Und Bach and Luther. Anguish reaches sky And heaven only when the music climbs From sources such as...
by phillipw | May 23, 2020 | AL, AN, PH, PR
Mother’s Unhinged Love, Father’s Unrepentant Loves A blond much raised without his parents through His early years may be quite different from A brown-haired boy whose blood is far less blue. Instead of royal meals he got a crumb Or two from palace tables. Father had...
