by phillipw | Sep 26, 2021 | AE, DE, EM, PR, RA, WA, WH
Barbaric Yawp His “poetry” is not so much a thing Of barbarism as it is bad Greek Or Roman oratory. In its ring It has the sound of bombast. No, not sleek, But more like overstated prose tricked out As verse on pages. Rhetoric high-flown Quite...
by phillipw | Aug 12, 2021 | EL, RO, SU, WA
Nocturne Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem …………………….. ” Where joy and sadness are forgotten or Have never been, just there...
by phillipw | Jun 27, 2021 | BR, DE, PO, RU, WA
The Soldier Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem In Skyros’ grove of olives, olive leaves Are brought to death by being torn from trees. The party carries him in death and grieves To lay his...
by phillipw | Jun 20, 2021 | CH, EA, WA
Sempiternity Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The chambered nautilus goes pulsing through Dark depths. It pulses underneath the waves For eons rocking gently, steady, true Enough to last. ...
by phillipw | May 28, 2021 | ES, RI, SE, WA
Thine Own Self This river takes a beam of light straight through Itself, right through it to its lowest part If clear enough. The current is still true To water’s self. The water does not start To break its molecule or try to be Some other element, say...
by phillipw | Mar 11, 2021 | AP, BE, SP, WA
Memory of a Tree Surgeon Season Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem One spring he knew stretched on — on and on — like Suns rising as eternity insists They should. It was as if an April dyke...
