by phillipw | Jun 15, 2024 | ME, Uncategorized
Malformed Offspring Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Camille says Greek and Roman sculpture thrived On in medieval armor, very male Forms but of course. Such slickness has survived In metal...
by phillipw | Jun 5, 2024 | ME
“Inward Agony” Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “ It had a dying fall” ~ Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene 3 “Call no man happy until he is dead.” ~ Solon Men’s lives are like played melodies. If...
by phillipw | May 10, 2024 | IN, ME
Do Not Fling Poetry into Foolishness The poet Merwin thinks about the whim That language uses us. He doesn’t say That this is just a playful notion. Slim That whimsy, though of course it’s fun to play With half-time silliness. Yet then the game Is quite another...
by phillipw | Apr 12, 2024 | CR, MA, ME, VI
Damned Quixote Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When William Blake went mad, it was his soul That drove him to it. It was far too straight, As straight as light, unerring in its goal When...
by phillipw | Jan 29, 2024 | CH, FO, HE, ME, SA, UN
No, Not Really The Christ will not ascend to heaven while One sinner screams in hell or close His gates. This absolute is known, or, if not, vile That Gospel truth of love since hellfire waits Forever and forever forcing God, Omniscient, to feel the...
by phillipw | Jan 19, 2024 | ME
Life Lives the Life of Life Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A friend asks you the meaning of our life. As soon as it is asked, the question fails. To ask it shouts religions’ godless strife. To...
