by phillipw | Mar 4, 2025 | CH, DO, JE, PU, TR, Uncategorized, VL
Gog and Magog to the Fray Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Great deceiver of the world” ~ A. Cleveland Coxe The prophets never thought about the chance That Armaggedon could be caused by...
by phillipw | Mar 3, 2025 | AN, DI, PI
Praying Mantis Unlimited Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Glass globes with snow scenes in them are alone In holding innocence. No other space Shows equal calm. Most others whisper groan While...
by phillipw | Mar 3, 2025 | HI
An August Morning and the Shukkei-en Garden Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A song that is a light beam which is both Perfume and phosporescence brings a balm To garden minds. Above the undergrowth,...
by phillipw | Mar 2, 2025 | DE, LO
He Tries to Turn His Back on Romeo — and Siegfried Sassoon Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He enters into something like a cage, A puzzle, more a labyrinth. His aim Is to abandon, almost in a...
by phillipw | Mar 2, 2025 | BI, LI, LO, Uncategorized
In the British Library and Later He spends his life among the books, the great Ones, yes, of course. He reads about men’s love, Of Lancelot for Guenevere, and hate When men love men. He asks himself, “When’s love If men love men and...
by phillipw | Mar 2, 2025 | AB, AS, BU, LO, RA, RO, SA, SE
Mount La Verna’s No for Me Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Along with love comes fear the way a cat Brings fur and puurs and claws, entangled, one. You cannot love the cave without fanged...
by phillipw | Mar 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
Fake Views a la Oedipus America is throbbing with those who Have thrown away the truth, have stabbed their eyes Out. Misery of coveting shoots through What used to be their heartblood. They breathe lies And when they do not get enough, a mouth Produces...
by phillipw | Mar 1, 2025 | BI, SA
Islands are Harbors for Spliced Love Sapho Sappho By Guillaume Baviere from Uppsala, Sweden – 2014-12-22, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=73289397 She sang about the love of him, of her. She had his hair in mind–and hers. ...
