by phillipw | Apr 14, 2021 | CA, CO, ME
Grieving in the All but Lost Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Our memories are retrieved by golden chains That reach, reach, reach until they hook a jewel From cavern depths. The caves are...
by phillipw | Apr 1, 2021 | CO, FU, PE, SE
Heavenly Bodies Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The sunlight on the moon is sunlight, not Sad moonlight. Get that straight. If I want you, I want you having me inside you, hot, More...
by phillipw | Mar 31, 2021 | CO, DE, JO, KE, ST, TU
Sovereign Keats Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem To bear all naked truths, And to envisage circumstance, all calm: That is the top of sovereignty. Hyperion II 203 To accept all With...
by phillipw | Mar 29, 2021 | CO, MU, SO, SY
The Music for Saints’ Ears The snow is like two perfect music realms. It came in perfect purest notes as flakes All night and now the vision overwhelms. In dark it manifested white as lakes Turned first to ice, then covered with true white. High symphonies first...
by phillipw | Mar 28, 2021 | AD, CO, DO, DR, EL, FA, MA, PA, PR, RE, SE
There to Efface Himself in Ecstasy Religious? There to efface himself in Ecstasy he flailed about. Yes, he tried Cocaine at first and, lolling in that sin, He won election victory as he fried His brain that way. Of course he used plain Ole dope as well but somehow...
by phillipw | Mar 28, 2021 | CO, KO, MU, SI
“in music out of sight” Korean courts heard music long ago And watched silk dancing, swirrrrrƏls of silk sleeves. These musics and these patterns were aglow In royal eyes and ears beneath tiled eaves Of palaces but now the motions, notes, And melodies are so far...
