by phillipw | Jun 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
Free Verse as Nightmare Surrealism Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “I thirst for new songs without moons or irises, and without loves that have died.” ~ Lorca, New Songs (Cantos Nuevos) Who doesn’t? ...
by phillipw | Jun 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Artiest Religion Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Christianity . . . became the most art-laden, art-dominated religion in the world. Imagination always remedies the defects of religion.”...
by phillipw | Jun 11, 2024 | MA
More Fixedly than a Blueprint Promiscuous men believe that they are free. This freedom, though, is like a hurricane That cannot choose its path or its degree. This freedom weighs more like a ball and chain In some weird sadomasochistic game. Escape Is too...
by phillipw | Jun 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
Love Sharpened and Cheapened Two Sonnets Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A woman’s looseness is a leak. This leaks Her meaning down in something like beach sand And spills of her are lost. This...
by phillipw | Jun 11, 2024 | CA, PR
Night and Day a Mystery Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem My cat is twitching on my lap. His dreams Are patent leather to my eyes, more black Than death inside a universe that streams With...
by phillipw | Jun 11, 2024 | MA, WH
The Ambulance Waiting Out There . . . The smell of medicine remained once they Had told her tender lies and taken her outside. They gentled her and took her straight away To steps the ambulance gave as her guide. Before this they had told her it was just A visit to...
by phillipw | Jun 10, 2024 | SY
The “Generous Gardener” Rosebush Growing Through a Pink Wooden Railing Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The pink rose blossom rings the breeze of spring With fragrance of its petals and its dreams. The...
by phillipw | Jun 9, 2024 | HE, RA
Famished for the Infinite Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A blue so deep that night beside its dark Unconscious might begrudge its lack of light, Soaks up the eye and helps it see the stark...
