by phillipw | Oct 6, 2020 | FE, LO, RO, SI, TR, VI
Closer and Closer Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Am I the vine and you the fence? I feel Perhaps it is the other way around: You vine—and I the mesh. What would appeal Most, though,...
by phillipw | Oct 5, 2020 | BI, HA, IG, LO, ME, MO, PE, ST
Madness of Musical Men Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “The work is characterized by the so-called Petrushka chord (consisting of C major and F♯ major triads played together), a bitonality device...
by phillipw | Oct 5, 2020 | AN, DR, LO, PO
Antarctica’s Dry Valley Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Extremes beyond imagining for most Are what some poets want to capture. They Want more. They strain to make their minds engrossed With...
by phillipw | Oct 4, 2020 | CH, LO, SA, SO, TR
Na + Cl A purity, a silver white, desires To bond with yellow-greenish chlorine; salt Appears in crystals. Far away from fires, The point of this affair adorns a vault In darkness in a cavern. Blackness blanks It out. A wish becomes a zeal that...
by phillipw | Sep 14, 2020 | AE, BE, CH, ES, LO, MA, ST
Black and White He had black hair in hexing curls, so nth That they caused cursing in the heavens. She Held up a fan, white, silk. These caused a length Of mesmerizing love. These colors, free Of him or her, would register as nought. Because of...
by phillipw | Sep 11, 2020 | CH, DE, FR, GR, LO, MA, ST
Friday Evening Mending through “Heavenly, Heavenly Music” Please tell me, Charles, what duties or what rites You want fulfilled while you are there beyond The living. Would the Sabbath candles’ lights On tables at the Gate enable fond Announcements from the grave or...