by phillipw | Jul 21, 2025 | FR, NI, PH, PL
A Deaf Man Eavesdropping ~ a phrase from R. H. Blyth Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Since Plato was a deaf man eavesdropping, We do not have to pay attention to That man. Philosophy went out shopping...
by phillipw | Apr 15, 2025 | FR, GI, KA
The Lavender Lover in Her Throat Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem My Karen had a voice of purple parts, Or violet, when singing in her sly Range alto. Velvet changed to gorgeous darts When Karen sang...
by phillipw | Feb 17, 2025 | FR, MO, TR
Fundamental Stuff Endangered species — sonnet, villanelle And triolet — are crushed out now by verse That’s “free,” where form and rhyme have gone to hell. If only this stuff tended to be terse . . . But, no, it dribbles,...
by phillipw | Jan 31, 2025 | FR, SI
Disappearing Dreams and AK-47 Daydreams Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Forgetting most, he searches in between His dreams and in between his other dreams, His daydreams. Dreams are more like toluene...
by phillipw | Dec 8, 2024 | BR, DO, FR, WH
Physics Trounced by 24-carat Gold For Donald who is dead these many nights and days I see that in this photo I am blond But I have never noticed until now That Donald, too, is yellow-haired beyond The age of others who went brown. The wow In this is that while...
by phillipw | Aug 24, 2024 | BO, DA, FR, JU, PE, PS, TH, Uncategorized
Three Caskets of Dreams “Who chooseth me must give and hazard all he hath.” ~ The Merchant of Venice The mind stores every memory at least Three times. You do not have to speculate. You know exactly why. Collapsed and creased Deep down in brain...
