by phillipw | Jul 7, 2025 | BA, HE, SE, WI, WO
Annette Vallon, Romantic Poetry and Heterosexuality Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “And ’tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes.” ~ William Wordsworth, “Lines Written in Early...
by phillipw | Jun 15, 2025 | CO, WO
Pseudo Homers and Pseudo William The beauty of the early haiku men, Of Basho, Buson, best of pioneers, Is their disciples followed them; true men Loved learning from these poets lacking peers, But devotees of Western poets failed To happen, not in masters’ times. ...
by phillipw | May 3, 2025 | WH, WO
He Declaimed Poetry “What sought they thus afar?” The places that my father knew are gone — Or worse. They change to billboard ads of hype Though he was looking farther up, upon The realms that matter . . . to some archetype About the death of beauty that...
by phillipw | Feb 16, 2025 | HE, RA, Uncategorized, WH, WO
Healthy Helix Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He thinks that he is not a monster, not His father, not his mother, a bit Too much like both, but too much like a clot Of two good people, sucked...
by phillipw | Nov 11, 2024 | FA, WH, WO
Look at His Eyes First Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Try looking at the brother on the right, Far right. What wisdom do you see in eyes Above his winsome smile? A photo’s blight Is that it...
by phillipw | Nov 4, 2024 | DO, FA, HE, IV, PH, WH, WO
The Tidy Family Composition Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We see him in his 1950s suit. Beside him sits the alien he wed; Her hairstyle would turn E.T. dumb and mute. Of course, this...