by phillipw | May 12, 2025 | MO, PO, SU
Modernists and Surrealists and Postmodernists Ad Nauseam as Spoiled Brats Like Rimbaud Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “A desire for form and limit conquers us.” ~ Lorca, in “Oda a Salvador Dalí” The...
by phillipw | Mar 16, 2025 | MU, PH, PO, Uncategorized
Gravity Music Poetry Love Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem £Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Though poetry, it seems, cannot resist The...
by phillipw | Mar 13, 2025 | AM, FA, PO, PR
“signifying nothing” Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We do not want our poetry to reach The moons of Saturn. Reaching Saturn’s clouds Will be success. Those clouds are cousin speech...
by phillipw | Feb 16, 2025 | AE, ES, GR, PO, W
Attention-seeking Brat like Rimbaud “he never will be missed” ~ The Mikado A poet (!) says that language traps him tight. I mean, my GAWD, that’s through the looking glass. I might accuse him, saying he is trite, Except I know the truth. ...
by phillipw | Feb 9, 2025 | PO, SO
Licentiousness Conceived as art or prophecy, a dream Of seers, poetry is jailed. It must Be free. It must be able to redeem A broken tea cup and to kiss the mussed Coiffure of Marilyn before she dies Of blonde indifference in a clutch of pills. The poet...
by phillipw | Feb 2, 2025 | PO
Withdrawal of the Winter Heating Allowance The February air inside his house Invades the body. Even bones Feel threatened. Poverty and cold each souse His inward flesh. They both are inward clones Of shivering muscle. English air that used To be like...
