by phillipw | Mar 26, 2021 | CO, JO, MA, NE, NO, RA, TE, TV
Forget About Your Duties, Journalists Not everything must be about the spiked Coronavirus. Tell the media And they would laugh. You see that they are dyked Up, blocked bowels. Encyclopedia Materials imply ten thousand things That could be focused on instead, but,...
by phillipw | Mar 24, 2021 | AN, LI, PO, TE
Textually Abused It used to be that English teachers taught Us poetry by reading it aloud Or telling us that on our own we ought To memorize it. In the distant cloud Of eons past all poetry was set In memory by bards but maybe no One else. Our teachers...
by phillipw | Mar 13, 2021 | CE, DE, FA, GR, OP, TE, ZY
Recognition Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Pick up a torch and carry it up high, And carry it throughout the world, and you Will find that fame is gilding as a sly...
by phillipw | Jan 13, 2021 | AE, BE, BU, ES, PI, TE
Peace that Passeth Understanding Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem So no kuraki yo woshizuka naru botan kana The garden is dark In the night, and quiet The peony. ~ Shirao The garden, dark with...
by phillipw | Dec 28, 2020 | DE, HE, IM, OD, TE, UL
His Beautiful Son Does Not Have the Brains Odysseus decides he will not die. This glares as clear to him as April light On Ithaca. He knows this is awry So he will have to trick the gods. Some sleight Of mental hand will come to him in time. He guesses he will have...
by phillipw | Dec 6, 2020 | AC, DA, GO, Ho, MO, SH, TE, TH, VO
Curly Top and Dimples Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem You might want to watch this before reading this sonnet: Shirley Temple – On The Good Ship Lollipop.avi – YouTube I never ...
