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...
by phillipw | Jun 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
A Rejection of Stigmata Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The peony in April sun feels light Upon its petals. That is shining weight Unfelt. The pink embraces springtime, slight As...
by phillipw | Jun 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
Cut Out My Shadow; Cut Out My Shadow Revisited — Two sonnets paired “Cut out my shadow.” ~ Lorca, “Song of the Barren Orange Tree” (“Canción del Naranjo seco”) Some readers want each sonnet to omit The truth. They want a shadowless report On life. They do not...
