by phillipw | May 20, 2020 | AR, PA, RI, VE
Four Hundred and Twenty Some Odd Days Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When genius lived in London, English brains Were unaware. When genius loved among Them, drinking gin is what they did. The...
by phillipw | May 19, 2020 | AR, PA, RI, VE
Narrow Rooms It started in a room made narrow by Paul’s Belle-mère. Lice-filled Arthur bailed from this Before the bourgeois ones could make him fly At their command. He fled to the abyss, The alleyed chasm of streetlife. When Paul Found Rimbaud after...
by phillipw | May 18, 2020 | AR, BE, BL, BR, DE, JE, PH
Jeanette in Black and White Modern poetry modern vers contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Her eyes cast down as if ashamed of style And beauty, she is captured. She is held Forever in fixed falseness. All the while This...
by phillipw | May 18, 2020 | AR, DO, IV, PH, WH, WO
Under the Florida Son On Wilson’s first Inaugural Day A “man” was born. His father always called Him “Man.” For instance, Archibald might say, “Go do your hunting, Man.” Archie’d been galled To have so many females in his life, Was thrilled to have...
by phillipw | May 17, 2020 | AL, AR, MA
Like Algae-covered Art Attempting to Create Immortality Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwip_6-...
by phillipw | May 17, 2020 | AN, AR, BA, SC
Tanagra: the Lady in Blue (Dame en bleu) Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem As stiff as any well-dressed Barbie doll This sculpture from the time before the age Of Alexander’s conquering, the small...
