by phillipw | Aug 12, 2024 | CH, CO, FR, KN, RE, RO, SA, SU
Compostela or Knock — Wherever Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The saints are dressed in all their silks and gems As never in their holy lives before Their martyrdoms or whatever. The hems Below...
by phillipw | Jul 23, 2024 | BO, CH, FR, LO, ST, UN
Clipped Affection Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I want to return to the flower and from the flower to my heart. Are you going, love? Farewell! (To my abandoned heart!) ~ Lorca,...
by phillipw | Jul 23, 2024 | FR, HI, IN, NE, PU, SO, SP, TU
Later Sammy Silently Disappeared with His Airforce Father Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I want to return to the shadows, and from the shadows to the flower. Are you going, fragrance? Go! ~ Lorca,...
by phillipw | Jun 16, 2024 | CR, FR, RO
Argument from Design A line of spider’s thread Cuts across the lily scene, Highjacking the flower. ~ Sujū (Englished by Phillip Whidden) A single thread of spider web across The scene displaces lily as the sight To see. The steel-like silk is ghostly floss...
by phillipw | Mar 17, 2024 | AR, CH, ET, FR
Étude in C Minor, Opus 25 no. 12 with Porphyry Shouts Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The Chopin étude rams the room with power, Arpeggios that swamp and swamp, then swamp The purple, pulsing chords,...
by phillipw | Feb 25, 2024 | FR, MA
Father and Friendship My father, he believed in friendship, so Much so he called his two first sons the names Of closest, most beloved of friends. Forgo The family obligations, family claims, Cut straight to purer love than heirdom’s weight, A nobler...