by phillipw | May 26, 2020 | AR, CH, HU, MO, PR
A Common Prayer for Honesty Psalm 52:1 ‘an anthem in five parts, “Why boasteth thou thyself,” the second section adding a solo quartet, making a good nine-part work (1865).’ ~ Emily Daymond This criticism of himself becomes The context of his later anthem, “Why...
by phillipw | May 22, 2020 | DE, LI, MO
What Matters Really is Only the Text Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem [This is a poem that is as fouled up as modern literary theory. The poem fails to be a sonnet.] What matters really is only THE...
by phillipw | May 20, 2020 | FO, GR, IM, MO, SE
Vacuum Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem His father died and Tony’s body dried Up, its oases withering to dunes Of numbness. Something shriveled deep inside. Bright pools of sexuality are...
by phillipw | May 20, 2020 | MO
Think Like a Mountain Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Think like a mountain. Think where time, the past And future meet. A mountain’s past is long It’s future even longer if at last Its...
by phillipw | May 18, 2020 | DE, FA, MO
Mother and Father in Death Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He dreamed about his mother—then reached out To touch her, but his hands came up against A marble wall of blackness. In a pout...
by phillipw | May 18, 2020 | CH, DE, MO, SE, ST
The Lake Your eyes grow deep as galaxies for me, Much deeper than the sky at dusk, as high And deep as midnight and serenity Reflected on the surface like the cry A swan sends echoing—all this because Of death. Old memories include your head, My lap,...
