by phillipw | Jul 19, 2021 | GA, Ho, RO
No Conscience June storms come lashing down on roses. They Hold up as best they can like soldiers trapped By heavy friendly fire. June rains betray The blossoms. Pinkest petal strength is sapped. The perfect stems and leaves, though under fire As...
by phillipw | Jun 10, 2021 | BI, GA, HE, Ho, LO, RO
Ganymede Has Auroras Glowing in His Captured Air The largest moon of Jupiter is male, Much larger than the female ones. Its weight Is less than Mercury’s but then the scale Of Ganymede is larger. Zeus’s mate Forever clings around his greatest god And spins forever...
by phillipw | Jun 3, 2021 | AD, AM, BI, BR, CH, DE, FI, GA, Ho, LO, MI, PO, RO, RU, SC, WO
Blue Rugby and Blue Gallipoli Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We do not think of Rubert Brooke in blue, When we remember him at all. We think of Brooke Between some pages of a volume, true To...
by phillipw | Jun 2, 2021 | FA, GR, Ho
Fixative on White Watercolor Your hope is like a cloud—in a picture. While firmer than a cloud, your hope is bright And, yes, is fixed forever. Your stricture Keeps hope in place. A watercolor white Is painted on white paper—to make sure The cloud is white. Your...
by phillipw | May 11, 2021 | AN, CI, GR, Ho, MA, PA
Might Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem In real man Greece the reason for the male Grown up in masculinity to be The one to be allowed to vote and rail Against opponents in a vote was...
by phillipw | May 10, 2021 | GA, HE, Ho
Primitive Prurient Prejudice Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Excised from Jason’s crew, the greatest man Among them disappeared to zero scale. They sailed away without him. In this ban They saved...
