by phillipw | Jun 30, 2024 | AE, BE, ES, LA, MA, NE, SE
New England Rock-bound Coast Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When something is quite beautiful but not Quite gorgeous, we are likely to forget It, swiping left or turning to some hot Alternative,...
by phillipw | Jun 29, 2024 | NE
Souls Exist on Paper and on Parchment Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Suppose the Buddhists (or such weaklings) want To live away from self in spirits’ zone, In some religious realm. They choose to...
by phillipw | Jun 29, 2024 | AM, Uncategorized
Lacrimae Rerum Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Lacrimae rerum” (“tears of things”) ~ Virgil, The Aeneid, Book I, line 462 “Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity”; and “The main...
by phillipw | Jun 29, 2024 | CA, GR, MO
Moon-filled Tongue Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Elaborate the movements as the cat Performs his grooming in the feline night: He flourishes his head and licks his matte Fur into moon gloss...
by phillipw | Jun 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? ~ Jeremiah 17: 9 If all our poetry could face the stars, Would that cause roots of...
by phillipw | Jun 28, 2024 | CH, SA
Diluted Excuses for Chocolate and a Dark, Dark Savior Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I castigate those “chocolate” things too pale In chocolate content to unleash the taste Against the tongue enough but...
by phillipw | Jun 26, 2024 | HE, LO, RE, RO, YO
Knots Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Every word was once a poem. ~ Emerson We try to tie a knot to give some truth To life, our lives. At times this means red grace, A bow of...
by phillipw | Jun 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Ultimate Dome-like Ceiling Called Mendelssohn’s Melody Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E Minor, II. Andante (youtube.com) The apogee of music came when two Men...
