by phillipw | May 6, 2020 | BE, CH, LO, MA, ST
“A Man—Call Him an Angel” Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A man appeared to me. He raised his hands Like angels high above but he was here In air space which we shared. His whorling strands Of richest...
by phillipw | May 6, 2020 | LO, VE
Sententious Symbiosis “The Roman historian Tacitus records an early Germanic gnome: ‘Women must weep and men remember.’” Michael Schmidt, The Story of Poetry, 5 Sometimes a war is small and very large At once. A woman and a man are two But forced together they produce...
by phillipw | May 6, 2020 | CH, ET, FR, HE, Ho, LO, MA, ST
More Like Lightning He argued that her face was full of faults But perfect beauty was their startling end. Those imperfections listed were the vaults To her immaculate and lovely blend Contending with a theoretical Ideal. My lover, though, was more than that. His...
by phillipw | May 6, 2020 | BA, HA, LO, VI
Synthesis Examine for yourself the claim that love Is noblest and the mightiest of all. Is it far better than the truth, above An iron-like honesty? Is love more tall Than mountained decency? And is not hate Sometimes required to make things work? ...
by phillipw | May 5, 2020 | LO
Hang my Heart My mother used to sing a folksy song, At least a part of its refrain. I knew That it was sad, about how people long For love that they have lost. “Adieu, Adieu, Adieu” was part of it. But, funny now, I know I didn’t hear the words quite...
by phillipw | May 5, 2020 | AS, DE, LO, RO
Ashoka Sees Devi for the First Time He fell in love with Devi in a blink, A fraction of an ancient second. She Was far too beautiful. Who would re-think His chest throb’s pang? The prince could not be free Of her (or love) again, no never, no. He did not ponder for...
