by phillipw | Mar 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
Yet Poetry Yet poetry is after all just lines Of words, yes even when the words are sung By angel voices in a choir that shines. The words are words when coming from the tongue Of Gabriel or Abaddon, not more [Gabriel and Abaddon] Than...
by phillipw | Mar 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
Still Delight — a Sonnet Sequence on the Life, Loves and Lines of RUPERT BROOKE O for the muse of fire . . . Erato Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Rupert Wanted Surrender ...
by phillipw | Mar 15, 2022 | BR, HE, RU, SE, Uncategorized
There’s Lucky and There’s Lucky Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A girl with eyes involved with awe, and stroll Of goddesses, and heart that angels knew Who sang with Gabriel, would have a soul To...
by phillipw | Mar 15, 2022 | AL, BR, RU, SE, Uncategorized
The War Poet “a rich nature … fighting eagerly towards the truth.” “I have a rendezvous with death At some disputed barricade” ~ Alan Seeger Alan Seeger Not all war poets are the same as Brooke. Not all are like a cabinet display Of Royal Worcester...
by phillipw | Mar 15, 2022 | BR, MA, RU, Uncategorized
The Mother of Rupert Brooke Reacted Strongly against Praise of his Physical Beauty Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Indeed, it sometimes seems that every person who ever met Brooke, and certainly...
by phillipw | Mar 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
Lord Byron, Rupert Brooke, Denham Russell-Smith, and Virginia Woolf: Skin and Dipping Lord Byron Rupert Brooke Two poets swam a century apart Near Cambridge in a pool. They both loved sex As well as swimming. Byron in his heart And bed made certain...
