by phillipw | Jul 13, 2024 | CH, PA, PU, RU, UK, VL
With the Blessing of Patriarch Kirill Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Sounds strike together. Sirens send their screams To shrill their way beside, around and through The mothers and their children...
by phillipw | Jul 11, 2024 | EA
There Are Masters and Then There Are Masters Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Photo of George Harrison by Gaur on Wikipedia The moth’s desire for muzziness of moon Looms large in some men’s minds. They...
by phillipw | Jul 11, 2024 | FA, Ho
Wretched Romans 7:24 The heart desires to be misled. It hopes And hopes and hopes. The heart wants silliness Instead of facts and facts. It goes down slopes Of wishfulness. The heart picks frilliness On Valentines, or hard testosterone If...
by phillipw | Jul 11, 2024 | DA, MO, SA, SU
Do Not Be Silly about Dalí or French Alexandrines no room for dream and its inexact flower ~ Lorca, “Ode to Salvador Dalí,” (Oda a Savador Dalí) We still have room for dreams as well as flowers. Uncertain blooms? They fail to exist, no Approximate lilies. His signal...
by phillipw | Jul 10, 2024 | MI, PO, RO
Thrills and Swoon Romantic Novels Your fantasy reaches as far as your hands ~ Lorca, “Oda a Salvador Dalí” (Ode to Salvador Dalí) The prophet is a poet. His experience is one known to the poets. What the poets know as poetic inspiration, the prophets call divine...
by phillipw | Jul 9, 2024 | AS
Love’s Unreliable Astrolabe Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A rose is like an astrolabe if you Will use it wisely. Let it find the stars You want to lick beyond earth’s lowering blue. Allow...
by phillipw | Jul 9, 2024 | AU, FL
Fingering and Throat Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Wooden flutes pacify the air. ~ Lorca, “Ode to Salvador Dalí” (Oda a Salvador Dalí) A flute alone can bring the best of peace To air and...
by phillipw | Jul 9, 2024 | MO
Madness and Modernism Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem https://x.com/i/status/1810148186025017458 The Modernists will say my measures mar Since made of sharp steel rulers; mean the soul Of poetry...
