by phillipw | Apr 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
His Father Called the Indian River’s Cumulus Clouds the Mountains of the Sunshine State Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He never rode on horseback through the trees Around his childhood...
by phillipw | Apr 16, 2025 | CA, DE, Uncategorized
Malagueñas The music of the tavern comes on black Flamenco stallions. Horseshoes cause the banged Out rhythm. Death is seldom Spanish slack Though always sweatless. Drinkers are harrangued With songs that rise from olive groves too old To...
by phillipw | Apr 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
Black The hundred riders dressed in black bemuse The orange groves, arthritic olive trees And Andalusia. Horsemen give no clues Except that black and so the peasants’ freeze. At least the bones in chests near hot air hearts Congeal until the entourage is...
by phillipw | Apr 12, 2025 | BU, CH, MA, SE, TO, Uncategorized
El Guapo with Melanistic Monarchs Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem El guapo swaggers through black butterflies, As black as hair on him, on body, head And upper lip, as black as pupils, eyes That stab his...
by phillipw | Apr 11, 2025 | AR, AU, LA, LO, MI, Uncategorized, WI
Notes on a Forgotten Burial Ground Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The cemetery where his aunts lie deep Beneath the sand of Florida hulks deaf To poetry. This trio lies in sleep Far lower than a...
by phillipw | Mar 16, 2025 | MU, PH, PO, Uncategorized
Gravity Music Poetry Love Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem £Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Though poetry, it seems, cannot resist The...
