by phillipw | Feb 18, 2025 | BA
The Object of Poetry Betrayed He starts off rhyming but he flops to slime Of almost rhyming: “oily” rhymes with “me” Supposedly. This failure comes from “crime” Of laziness. He thinks that, shiftless, he Can shift and chop...
by phillipw | Dec 14, 2024 | AN, BA, EP, LE, LO, PO, RO
The Loss of the Louvre Imagine that the world of pictures died And words alone were left. The Instagram And TikTok types would all want suicide. Then poetry would rule; this oriflamme Of language would replace nought one, nought one Of photographs and...
by phillipw | Jul 21, 2024 | BA, BO, RO, SE
Hollywood, Bally-wood, Female Smally-wood, Schmallywood Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem While feeling slightly nauseated with The imagery around him in the scenes And songs, with all the Hollywood blonde...
by phillipw | May 21, 2024 | BA, Uncategorized
Rudolph Nureyev and Dame Joan Fonteyne Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Bing Videos The arts endeavor lifting high The heart in beauty or in anger, woe Or joy as though a wizard with a sly Baton is waving...
by phillipw | May 13, 2024 | BA, JO
A Miracle that I Could Continue Playing Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The only time I ever felt the power Of Bach was when I played “God’s Time is Best” That first time in an early evening hour, An...
by phillipw | Apr 17, 2023 | BA, TE
Baudelaire and Lord Alfred: “from out our bourne of Time and Place” If Baudelaire were right, the body buys Its way straight through to immortality By strict improvement. Ladies’ made-up eyes Rise artfully from mere banality To something like subliminal...
