by phillipw | Sep 25, 2023 | LO, UN
Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He has a lover who refuses him The things he hopes for, clearest texts from love And frequent prompts as if a holy hymn Were being sent, a hymn as if...
by phillipw | Sep 24, 2023 | CH, LO, RO, UN, Uncategorized
Wide and Narrow in Their Fate Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Aurora borealis touches dreams Of men and poets as they wander through The realm of loving, hopeful planetary streams Of matter from the...
by phillipw | Sep 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
Song-like Language Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A song-like language unsurprisingly Has only partial overlap with tongues Of spoken dictions. Tantalizingly It comes from heart and not...
by phillipw | Sep 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
Stretching The only beast which needs a sense of praise And prayer, the animal which wants to turn the sky To similes and metaphors, then raise The universe to something more than eye Can find, the one who wills out poetry And art decides he...
by phillipw | Sep 19, 2023 | FA, MA, Uncategorized
There Are Other Organs than the Heart: Body Parts for Love Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary...
by phillipw | Sep 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
Argument at the Christmas Dinner Table “A group of hyenas can devour an entire zebra, leaving no leftovers—not even the bones— in under half an hour. However, this feeding frenzy comes at a cost; hyenas rip, claw, and fight with one another over the remains of their...
by phillipw | Sep 14, 2023 | JO, KE, SA, SI, ST, TE
Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “…very witty and intelligent and divinely beautiful….But, alas, very fragile.” Siegfried Sassoon writing to Henry Festing-Jones...
by phillipw | Sep 7, 2023 | AN, BR, CO, GR
Hemmed in by Their Beards The only women Greeks respected with The type of honor they accorded males Were Amazons. Though whether these were myth Or fact, or both, the sagas offered tales To teach young men that they should not forsake Ideals of manhood. When...
