by phillipw | May 16, 2020 | BR, CO, JO, VI
Johnson Beharry Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “what is ideal in him is the beauty and freshness he embodies” ~ Jacob Burckhardt commenting on the ancient Greek hero...
by phillipw | May 13, 2020 | BR, LU, SE
Gilded Scales Hanging from a Limb Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem http://www.photopedagogy.com/uploads/5/0/0/9/50097419/6978873_orig.jpg “Beauty will be CONVULSIVE or will not be at all.” ~ André...
by phillipw | May 12, 2020 | BR, PI
Bristlecone Longevity Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Photo: lightrainproductions.com/BristleconePine. The beauty of the tree is not how old, Indeed how ancient in its gnarling now, Not in its...
by phillipw | May 11, 2020 | BR, VI
Reading about the Red-haired Priest in the British Library The lamplight’s fall across each chord-like tress, The phrase-like forehead and the eyebrows (straight) Perhaps are not that different from the stress, Though gentle, from the candle light in late Night...
by phillipw | Apr 14, 2020 | AC, BR
Greek Aurora in a Pure Cloud Sky He’s white and dressed in white. His linen shirt Saps wrinkles from his face and otherwise There’s not a spot of sweatiness or dirt. He might as well be marble, brotherwise To still Apollo on a plinth, although These shoulders are like...
by phillipw | Apr 10, 2020 | BR
Paradox The beautiful young scholar here today Is suffering from a cold. He has to stop And wipe his nose and sniffles to allay The itching, slimy, irritating drop, Drip, drop of mucus. Strong but fragile there Behind his books and laptop, he prepares...
