by phillipw | Jun 18, 2024 | AL, Uncategorized
Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We live and move with beings who have not Revealed their hidden histories to us, These humans hiding narratives whose plot We never guess unless we try succuss...
by phillipw | Jun 17, 2024 | DI, IN, Uncategorized
Kimberley Pickaxing Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Two younger readers of the poet ask Him how he wangles quite so many lines, So many sonnets, villanelles. That task Is not so great. He just...
by phillipw | Jun 15, 2024 | ME, Uncategorized
Malformed Offspring Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Camille says Greek and Roman sculpture thrived On in medieval armor, very male Forms but of course. Such slickness has survived In metal...
by phillipw | Jun 14, 2024 | AN, BE, BR, FL, GR, OL, Uncategorized
Temples, Temple Oranges Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Take the orange petals, Take the olive leaves” ~ Lorca, “Baladilla de los tres ríos” Some poet somewhere ought to write about The orange...
by phillipw | Jun 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
Free Verse as Nightmare Surrealism Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “I thirst for new songs without moons or irises, and without loves that have died.” ~ Lorca, New Songs (Cantos Nuevos) Who doesn’t? ...
by phillipw | Jun 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Artiest Religion Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Christianity . . . became the most art-laden, art-dominated religion in the world. Imagination always remedies the defects of religion.”...
