by phillipw | May 15, 2020 | AN, FE, MA, SE, TE, WE, WR
Male and Female Negated Men weep. That’s true, but when they weep, their tears Are not for little things or just to win An argument—unless they’re actors. Sneers Come easier to men than crying. In A rage they show their masculinity. Hurt men do anger best, far...
by phillipw | May 14, 2020 | AN, GA, Ho, LO, SE
Sarmentus Deliciae, Augustus, and Falernian Intoxication A few of us (and I am one) are known By name when centuries have passed. Just one Peculiar quality defines us. Grown Men cannot do without us for their fun. Our beauty is intoxicating from The first sip that...
by phillipw | May 13, 2020 | CA, SE
Turbulent March and Hot July In Rome the god of war and youth was Mars. This nodded to the young men who would die From March and onwards, or who grasped hard scars And heroism. That god might imply Far more since he could not resist the charms His sister, Venus,...
by phillipw | May 13, 2020 | BR, LU, SE
Gilded Scales Hanging from a Limb Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem http://www.photopedagogy.com/uploads/5/0/0/9/50097419/6978873_orig.jpg “Beauty will be CONVULSIVE or will not be at all.” ~ André...
by phillipw | May 12, 2020 | AN, AR, CH, HE, LO, PA, SE
Lucifer and the Other Multi-winged Ones, Seraphim and Cherubim “The deep lunges, forehead pressed to forehead, witnesses to rise and fall of chest and ever expanding wings.” ~ Jaime Mathis, “Blood Blister,” It Rises and Falls Those angels making love before the fall,...
by phillipw | May 12, 2020 | MA, SE
Hardness Goes Something Like Eternal and Liquid Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Time stutters in your arms. It expands, diaphragm pushing down and out to make room for seconds smoothing into hours.”...
