by phillipw | Jul 16, 2025 | AR, SH, Uncategorized
Fodder for Clueless Romantic Poets Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A certain sort of reptile grew some wings And feathers never thinking it would grow To be a songbird in the singing springs Of England...
by phillipw | Jul 12, 2025 | AR, SU
He Cannot Even Save Himself from Being a Bulked Up Hero Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If you have ever dreamed (as others do) That you can save the world or simply change It, you are absolutely nothing...
by phillipw | Jun 15, 2025 | AR
Imperative Impossibilities in the Arts Written on June 7, 2205, Gay Pride Day in Bracknell Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Time’s wingèd chariot is hurrying near” ~ Andrew Marvell, “To His Coy Mistress”...
by phillipw | May 29, 2025 | AE, AR, PO, Uncategorized
“What Is the Price of Those Chintz Curtains?” For most, true poetry seems too like art, Those other arts. The artifice is not What weakens it. They don’t object to heart In verse. The problem is that it is nought (Or less than) in its power to make things change...
by phillipw | Apr 11, 2025 | AR, AU, LA, LO, MI, Uncategorized, WI
Notes on a Forgotten Burial Ground Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The cemetery where his aunts lie deep Beneath the sand of Florida hulks deaf To poetry. This trio lies in sleep Far lower than a...
by phillipw | Mar 8, 2025 | AE, AR, ES
Material Ideals Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The men who made cathedrals, workers, not The architects; the Indian men who built The temples, stone designs completely fraught With...
