by phillipw | Oct 13, 2023 | VI
The Vietnam Memorial on the Mall Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If I had been a sculptor way back when, The monument that I might well have sketched To win the contest with clean paper, pen And...
by phillipw | Oct 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
Epics and Roads The epics of the Greeks, then Roman roads — They go — and go, and last — and last — . The Appian Way’s length — and Olympic odes — Seem destined for forever. Histories cast From ancient lyres and interlocking stones Now teach the...
by phillipw | Oct 8, 2023 | GA, Ho, LO, MA
Fraught and not Fraught [Today, October 7, 2023, I bought Abhishek’s wedding ring.] Where only black and gold are, gods will lie In wait. The black ones are uncountable, The gold ones only three. The black ones fly Around and in us, unsurmountable The...
by phillipw | Oct 3, 2023 | AB, YA
I think that we will live apart as trees Must live, not even in two woodlands near Each other. Maybe some stray autumn breeze Will carry messages from sphere to sphere And I will try to feel that roots and roots Will almost touch — but dreams are only...
by phillipw | Oct 2, 2023 | CA
Love Always Leads to Let Down My Prospero has changed to jumping up And settling down in comfort on my lap. I move my palm and fingers, making cup Of love around his rump. He moves to nap The way that cats do, circling with pink paws And winding down with nose...
by phillipw | Sep 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
Artificial Sintelligence Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The world will hardly be the world at all In coming years and decades, never mind Millennia. Reality will sprawl Away from humans. ...
by phillipw | Sep 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
Use Cameras Taking Moving Scenes Twenty-four Frames per Sec— Brian Cox as Agammemnon, for Instance, Pitted against Brad Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Let’s make solemnity a bit Of fluff and send it out...
by phillipw | Sep 27, 2023 | CO, GA, LO, PI, RO, SA, SI, ST, TE, Uncategorized
Harlequin in Guise of Tuberculosis Hovering When love is played in luscious settings, clowns Are needed. Sad or comic they can be But never tragic, really, dressed in gowns That do not give the game away. We see Them loving like doom’s humans, threatening clown Just...
