by phillipw | Feb 23, 2021 | DE, ET, SP, SY, TY, WA, WI
Wind and Water Cleave and Cleave Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem .. We know that wind is spirit life. The wind Is God in symbol, and the angels, too, And demons, angels with God’s demons twinned....
by phillipw | Dec 14, 2020 | LO, PA, RO, SE, SY
The Specifications of a Dream You know the list. It specifies the smell Of hope and fragrance of your long lost love, The scent of it in bed and thrusting swell Of pillowed lust. The list contains the shove Of fleshy colored passion and the taste, The scarlet taste,...
by phillipw | Nov 29, 2020 | CA, PR, ST, SY
Conjurors versus Christians The caves are sacred everywhere. Their dark Prepares us for epiphanies, obscure Pronouncements, and a sibilant remark Wrapped up in mystery. The caves immure The unimagined as on painted walls. The buoyant deer and horses floating...
by phillipw | Oct 23, 2020 | DI, FR, IN, LA, NI, PH, SY
Playing with Himself and the Piano Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Infernal Recurrence, more like. That Big Mind locked itself up in the bedroom of His hosts. A mad philosophical pig, He banged the...
by phillipw | Jul 5, 2020 | AN, ME, SY
Ancient Greek, Then Church Latin, Symposium, Scriptorium Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Readers of Greek poetry constituted an élite, as in the Middle Ages readers of Latin did.” ~ Michael...
by phillipw | Jun 13, 2020 | GE, RO, SY
Gentle Hermione Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Hermione is gentle and supreme, Is gentleness supreme herself. She spreads Her fragrance like ideals that, floating, stream Above blind Plato’s...
