by phillipw | Nov 24, 2024 | LO, PA, RO
Roberto Far, far in Costa Rica, far away My friend reads sonnets/villanelles by me. He reads so closely what these poems say That, apprehending, he reveals that he Reads deeply like a CT scan, or like An X-ray — or electron microscopes. If lines...
by phillipw | Oct 26, 2024 | MY, PA, SA
Absolute Whole Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Illusion and Enlightenment are one. Illusion and Enlightenment are two. Both dream and firefly fluttering each shun Full grasp, but floating,...
by phillipw | Oct 16, 2024 | AC, PA
Joy in Sameness, Difference, Acetyline Smokelessness Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The poetries of life, the poetries In life (if such things do exist) remain Forever, even, much the same. Degrees Of...
by phillipw | Oct 13, 2024 | PA
Farther Than an Undetected Star, but . . . Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We know that nothing can be further from Us, further than the past. The past is gone Much farther than orations from the dumb....
by phillipw | Aug 26, 2024 | PA, Uncategorized
Paradox of Coleridge’s Liberty “the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.” ~Coleridge, “Kubla Khan” “Art submits itself to law in order that freedom may be brought out by contrast.” ~...
by phillipw | Jul 17, 2024 | PA, PS, SA
Psittacines Epiphany Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemp orar Doug Janson, Wikicommons Truth finds itself, if found, in one small patch Of fur or feathers. God or Zen resides In one small creature. Faiths attempt to scratch...
