by phillipw | May 18, 2020 | AE, BE, EM, ES, FE, FR, HA, LO, PO, RA, Uncategorized
Haydn Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A poem does not need to be about Emotions, yours or anyone’s. Instead A sonnet may avoid a tear or shout. Indeed the lines could be about your...
by phillipw | May 17, 2020 | DI, EM, HU, PO
A Buzzing Probe in Deep-throat Nectar Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Early poetry finds its stories and then finds ways of remembering them.” ~ Michael Schmidt, The First Poets, 8 “Helen Hunt Jackson...
by phillipw | May 17, 2020 | PO
Mimnermus’s Saint Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A child is what I am. I cling to love And angel rank perfection. I live in A cradle, lancet windows up above Me. I am nave and transept filled within...
by phillipw | May 17, 2020 | AN, MU, OR, PO, Uncategorized
The Soaring of the Tenor Voice Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When Orpheus was on the “Argo,” he Was cox. He beat the rhythm of the oars’ Strokes for the heroes as they sailed the sea Of myth. His...
by phillipw | May 17, 2020 | CL, FO, PO, TR
Ars Poetica “The word ‘classic’ itself . . . derives from the Latin word classicus which referred to recruits of the ‘first class’, the heavy infantry in the Roman army. The ‘classical’, then, is ‘first class’, though it is no longer heavily armoured.” ~...
by phillipw | May 16, 2020 | PO, Uncategorized
Of Course Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Demodocus, a mere rhapsode, [is] led into the feast to entertain…the Phæaeacian court…. Though blind, Demodocus makes his audience...
