by phillipw | Jul 31, 2024 | MO
It’s a Mad, Mad, Sad, Bad World Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Some artists are so desperate for the new That they create mere nonsense, not the art We want. They wield farce art for just the few...
by phillipw | Jul 31, 2024 | LO, MO, PH
Seven Hearts Like Moon Rises Inside Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A clutch of hearts he held inside his chest Beside the fleshy one. The first in youth Was quite beyond his explanation—best Forget...
by phillipw | Jul 28, 2024 | AS, MO, SU
Various Ways of Gauging Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The stars and planets and the moon mislead Us. Lunar influences tend to be worst, Irrational at best. The comets speed And glitter, each a...
by phillipw | Jul 17, 2024 | CA, LO, MO, PH, PR
Cutie Pie Cat The pink-nosed face of Prospero my cat, Pink nose and white fur face, is what he rubs Against me, purring. He does not know that I love him since he’s cute. My finger scrubs His whiskers and his ears because I think He likes that kind...
by phillipw | Jul 11, 2024 | DA, MO, SA, SU
Do Not Be Silly about Dalí or French Alexandrines no room for dream and its inexact flower ~ Lorca, “Ode to Salvador Dalí,” (Oda a Savador Dalí) We still have room for dreams as well as flowers. Uncertain blooms? They fail to exist, no Approximate lilies. His signal...
by phillipw | Jul 9, 2024 | MO
Madness and Modernism Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem https://x.com/i/status/1810148186025017458 The Modernists will say my measures mar Since made of sharp steel rulers; mean the soul Of poetry...
