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Ars Sonnetica

                Ars Sonnetica Modern poetry  modern verse  contemporary poetry  contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem...

A Gold-like Necktie from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Gold-like Necktie from the Metropolitan Museum of Art I’m wearing unicorns around my throat And near my heart. Of course they’re cream-like white, Though on their necks in gold fields where they float Are clasped wide collars of a red not bright As blood but darker,...

Helmeted Brain and Tectonic Plates

Helmeted Brain and Tectonic Plates Modern poetry  modern verse  contemporary poetry  contemporary verse  modern poem  contemporary poem Athena and Poseidon do not meet inside My mind and doubtless not inside my heart. They face each other off: she virgin bride Of...

“Like Some Clean Beast”

“Like Some Clean Beast” Modern poetry  modern verse  contemporary poetry  contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “In the evenings at Streonshalh . . . farm labourers gathered to play the harp and to sing. Caedmon . . . was in the habit of withdrawing to his...

Vermont

                      Vermont Modern poetry  modern verse  contemporary poetry  contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A white wood house defines the slope.  The trees Have gone to red and flame.  A field beyond Is spread with grass and granite rocks at...

NecroPhillipa

             NecroPhillipa I can’t afford the kind of perjury To make me young and beautiful again In this life:  the best of plastic surgery Is well beyond my grasp.  Besides the pain Is more than I could bear.  Perhaps I could Afford a burial arrangement, though,...