by phillipw | Jul 16, 2025 | CR, JI, LA, Uncategorized
Cro-Magnon Man vs. Low-Magnon Man Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem It took us fifteen thousand years to sink To jigsaw puzzles. Lascaux art shines out In darkness but stupidities shrink true Images to...
by phillipw | Apr 11, 2025 | AR, AU, LA, LO, MI, Uncategorized, WI
Notes on a Forgotten Burial Ground Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The cemetery where his aunts lie deep Beneath the sand of Florida hulks deaf To poetry. This trio lies in sleep Far lower than a...
by phillipw | Mar 22, 2025 | LA
Pythian Boredom Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem It happens that the laurel is a bore, Not some divine symbolic thing. Its leaves Are boring, near-sarcastic green, not more Than that all...
by phillipw | Sep 27, 2024 | CE, DE, LA, MA
November Calm Forgets Them Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We want to sleep as pears and apples lined Up in the autumn thinking not of graves. Our cemeteries are too much refined. New England’s basements...
by phillipw | Sep 18, 2024 | LA, SI
Outside the Realm of Words Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Words after all,” he said, “are only words ; And I have heard so many in these few days ...
by phillipw | Sep 10, 2024 | AU, LA, PR, RE
Goodnesss, Truth and Beauty, All A torch with smoke and gods unknown despatched The darkness, making more than art, much more. The spirit kingdoms, kin to men’s, were snatched Occult from realms unpainted, made to soar From mere reality and sent above To walls...
