by phillipw | Sep 1, 2025 | JA, ME, PO, WA
Ono no Komachi Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Ono no Komachi – Wikipedia Imagine thinking of a man’s love like The petals and the fragrance of a flower As it is wilting, or a white love...
by phillipw | Aug 30, 2025 | AR, MU, PO
Music Makes the Death Suns Forgotten Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The primitives believed that music came From magic or the sacred caves of night Where hidden goddesses expressed in flame The...
by phillipw | Aug 29, 2025 | CO, PO, SA, Uncategorized
Self-inducing Cyphers Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Great lines not self-fulfilled will seldom come. If lines to do not fulfill themselves, no life Will fill them. Circumstance may make them...
by phillipw | Jun 17, 2025 | BY, IN, LO, PO
Enola Gay and Heart Attacks Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poemFOR “where burning Sappho loved and sung” for Donald Anthony Whidden The duty of the poet is to turn The mild surprise, the...
by phillipw | Jun 14, 2025 | PO, TR, Uncategorized
“rule them with a rod of iron” Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem FIRST WITCH Where the place? SECOND WITCH Upon the heath. The mistiness that many readers think That poets and their mountains should...
by phillipw | Jun 10, 2025 | AE, ES, ID, PE, PO, Uncategorized
The Alchemists Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Man errs, till he has ceased to strive. ~ Goethe, Doctor Faustus The perfect poets, if there be such things, Want lines condensing life...
