by phillipw | May 18, 2020 | CH, GI, GR, ST
I Used to Think Unfailingly of Charles When I Passed that Tree Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I pass the giant redwood limbs each day Still. Something’s altered. It is not the tree. It’s more I don’t...
by phillipw | May 17, 2020 | CH, FO, RH, SP
2451 Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I re-arranged my china. England failed While I was doing that. The team was young As we’d been told ad nauseam. They paled To losers, though. I...
by phillipw | May 17, 2020 | CH, RE, RU
The Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Deepening Twilight with Shining Bells in Dark Recesses Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A golden cross, liturgical in bright Elaboration stands against a lead Blue sky....
by phillipw | May 17, 2020 | CH, CO, DI, OE
Red Cultural Revolution M modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “And arte made tung-tide by authoritie” ~ William Shakespeare, sonnet 66 (1609 Quarto) The landscape of the Chinese world, with art...
by phillipw | May 16, 2020 | AU, CH, FA, FU, MO, OA, SP
Skywriting Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The well-shaped maple on the hilltop spreads Its leaves and limbs like rhythmed lines and rhymes. It is a sonnet that in autumn sheds God’s colors...
by phillipw | May 15, 2020 | CH, CR, NA, WI
Weakness Again and Again The English chopped the neck of Charles One, And next they had a king not called a king, The Lord Protector. Soon they called the son Of Lopped Off Head to bring back royal bling Like orb and crown. He failed to make an heir, Producing...
