by phillipw | May 10, 2020 | MU, PO
Guillaume de Machaut Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When strictest music and trim verse forms come Together, then is beauty found. Across In England Chaucer listened to succumb To Guillaume’s...
by phillipw | May 6, 2020 | AN, BO, HE, IN, LO, MU, RO, ST
Never Land Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Ordinarily, romantic love is a popular theme in ancient India’s epics as well as in numerous plays that revolve around the romances of...
by phillipw | May 6, 2020 | MU, PE
Morning Stars Sang Together “Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion” The music of the perfect spheres was heard By no one. Melodies or chords they made Stretched out like silence. They became absurd. Copernicus and Galileo swayed Them into nothingness. ...
by phillipw | May 3, 2020 | AN, Ho, MU, OE, PO
Magnetized Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Just as a magnet attracts iron rings and induces in those rings the power to attract others, so the Muse inspires a chain of people possessed by...
by phillipw | Apr 26, 2020 | LE, MU, VE
Donna Leon I’m tired of Donna, not of Venice, though. Brunetti is still likeable enough And Paola’s improved a bit. The slow Starts to the crime plots make it tough For readers used to fiction of this kind, Detective novels. Some might think,...
by phillipw | Mar 21, 2020 | MU, PO
Cacti and Porcupines “fixing emblazoned zones and fiery poles” ~ Wallace Stevens in “The Idea of Order at Key West” If I composed in music, I would fix Its tones like amber set on fire and launch The rhythms into space. The notes would mix With flames at...
