by phillipw | May 12, 2020 | PO, TR
Oral Poems from the Past Conservative as brocade velvet, verse, The older forms, embraces in its folds The ancient tongues, the peoples’ tongues. They’re terse In ballades. Such rigidity upholds The thinking of the folk as if a starch Were added to the richness...
by phillipw | May 10, 2020 | CH, GO, LO, MA, SA, ST, TH, TR
Storm in the Friday Night Love Feast Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He raised his blue-veined wrists in notes to God The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. The last Force was to come, bolts to the...
by phillipw | May 6, 2020 | GO, PA, TR
Only Paradox is Universally True The cosmos touches me and I know love And also it is more the other way Around. The highest heaven far above And God’s foundations join as one. A May Of charity expresses one long truth That matters. When that spring explodes inside...
by phillipw | May 6, 2020 | AM, PO, RE, TR
What is Poetry? Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “something irreducible in poetry” ~ Michael Schmidt, The Story of Poetry, 11 Some love a certain murkiness in lines, With paradox and oxymoron prized....
by phillipw | May 6, 2020 | DO, TR
Great Again Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem So this is how I felt when Tronald Dump https://bwpa-images.s3.amazonaws.com/winners/NETY2xYJPwimmYsXn.jpg Won stupid votes in Rust Dump zones,...
by phillipw | May 6, 2020 | TR
Unbound the Book Some somewhere not within the view of eyes A book lies open. It is perfect, full, So full that it can always bat off lies If it is read completely. It will pull The soul. Perfection means that it is free Of boundaries. We may write, and...
