by phillipw | Sep 28, 2026 | MA, RH
“Feminine” Rhymes The Cock is crowing, The stream is flowing, The small birds twitter, The lake doth glitter, The green field sleeps in the sun. ~ William Wordsworth If even Wordsworth writes in kiddie rhyme And no one tells him, “Grow up, now!” . . . If...
by phillipw | Sep 22, 2026 | AN, CO, IM, RH, SA, TH
“At one stride comes the” Exclamation Mark Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem It is as if the cherry flowerings turn At once to fruit, from pink (or white) to red Of dark and gloss, as if the blossoms burn...
by phillipw | Jun 14, 2026 | EX, PO, RH, SC, WI, WO
Not Bees that Soar for Bloom, Not Furness-fells Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A truly awkward “poem” in its beat And awkward wording, dwarf with broken bones, Is how these lines lead onward to defeat Of...
by phillipw | Nov 4, 2025 | RH, SC
Line from Woodnotes I Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Bing Videos The weakness of “departed lover” in The line is maybe only slightly weak, Not weak enough to be condemned as sin, But weak is weak. When...
by phillipw | May 19, 2024 | BL, RH
A Beam in the Eye It’s quite a botheration to admit That critics, gifted though they are, can slip Up. One that I can reverence and sit And read for years and decades easily can strip Away respect with one remark on Keats. The critic maybe had an insight...
by phillipw | Mar 17, 2021 | AL, BE, BI, CO, DU, HE, PO, RH, TH
Binfield’s Baddest Bantam Boy Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When Pope devised heroic couplets, they Were like the weapons of the day men walked With by their thighs. Their rapiers’ display Was...
