by phillipw | Jun 13, 2025 | AE, BU, ES, IM, SA, Uncategorized
Sabi and “Kubla Khan” Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “withered the health and the spirits of his bride” ~ Edgar Allen Poe, “The Oval Portrait” The poet left his lines unfinished—and Unfinished it...
by phillipw | May 30, 2025 | AS, LU, SA
Circles, Spheres, Ovals Expanded Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Rewrite the stars tonight if only you Can do that. Constellations need not be So limited in color: white, red, blue And yellow. They...
by phillipw | May 23, 2025 | BU, EN, EY, SA, Ta, TR, Uncategorized, ZE
Zen and Lucas Samaras’s Inner Mirror Cube Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Note: If you step into this cube and the entry door is then closed, you will understand this sonnet… and perhaps much else about...
by phillipw | May 18, 2025 | DA, LO, SA, SU
Sevres Jehovah’s Non-existent Saint He recalls tomorrow. He can do that. He knows his God is porcelain and knows Surrealism’s oils. Immortal splat Of death is his, a toy, because Christ’s rose Has blossomed on that finger where a ring, A wedding ring, was meant to...
by phillipw | May 1, 2025 | LU, SA
At an Exhibition in the WhitneyModern poetry modern verse c Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When Samaras’s mirrored cube and room Become the entry to satori, light Becomes reflected endlessness, a...
by phillipw | Mar 14, 2025 | MU, SA, SC
Rhythms Remain and Are Broken Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem These hills in Scotland are like movements of A symphony. They rise and form, and rise And form–and rise like lovers form their love....
