by phillipw | Oct 11, 2025 | LA, MY, NA, PL, PO, RE
The Great Mistakes Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Seek Him That Maketh the Seven Stars — Choir of Salisbury Cathedral The great mistakes are writing nature verse That tries to be as mystic as the...
by phillipw | Sep 14, 2025 | CA, LA, PR, Uncategorized
Poetry Encompassed by Wonder Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A poem is a cave-wall painting made With flame-lit, fuming words. The smoking torch Is needed. When a poem does not fade, This means that...
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...
