by phillipw | May 6, 2020 | AU, BE, CA, DE, DO, ED, FA, RO, WI
A Seal Upon my Heart Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem My lingering rose, the lightish purple one, Has failed to open. It is still a bud In late November. Though the autumn sun Indulges it, the rose will...
by phillipw | Apr 26, 2020 | ED, PL, SO
Pigs Would Fly if Their Sties Were Noble Poor Socrates. He thought that if the young Were wrapped in images of beauty, they Would take good in and then could climb each rung Of rightness. Lovelinesses would convey Them up and straight to healthiness of soul. Their...
by phillipw | Jan 28, 2020 | ED
Reading his Story to the Class He’s big and fat and ugly like his dad, Presumably, and much the same at heart, I’d wager, though, thank God, I’ve never had The pleasure. Quite as pleasant as a fart Released across the students, this boy stinks The period up with...
by phillipw | Nov 4, 2019 | ED
My Innocent Niece and Flattering, Phoney Educationists When kids are taught that they are geniuses At this or that, while, frankly, they are duff At it, we turn them in keeniuses— Until they flop. Then we require hot stuff Developed long ago: it’s common...
