by phillipw | Apr 17, 2023 | HA, Uncategorized
Haste Maketh Debased “Brevity is the soul of sh*t.” One thing I really loathe about the way Most people now communicate online With friends and family is that textings say As little as is possible, decline To say enough to make the meaning clear. Be...
by phillipw | Apr 16, 2023 | ME, NO, PO, Uncategorized
Notre Dame’s Acoustics Taken Up with Enoch The polyphonic music of the time When lords and ladies and archbishops ruled, Rose made of notes and lines that as they climb Evaporate. The melodies were cooled, It seems, to nothingness at last, though lower notes Would...
by phillipw | Apr 15, 2023 | PO, Uncategorized, WR
In an Ivory Attic Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem My ivory attic sees me writing lines Alone both day and night. (It isn’t like Young Chatterton’s.’ The flash of light that...
by phillipw | Apr 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
In His Youth his Mother and Father had to Hire a Top-notch Courtesan to Teach Him about Loving Women since He was Obsessed with Other Stuff Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Long, long ago the ancient...
by phillipw | Apr 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
Surrounded by the Wasteland, in this Instance Sleep He sleeps alone. We always sleep alone— All humans sleep inside their nightmares, dreams And souls. Our separate spirits sleep and moan Like Caesar feeling Macedon’s regimes Extended far beyond this Roman’s tiny...
by phillipw | Apr 10, 2023 | IN, OR, PO, RE
Among the Stench of Abasement, a Sonnet for Good Friday Where poetry is from is far away Or cavern deep, or both, or just a girl Who passes on the sidewalk, hair a-sway, Or even one full man whose hair is curl, And curl and curl persuading in their black, As black as...
by phillipw | Apr 10, 2023 | FL, MO, PE, RO
Nursing Nutrition on Your Knees Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When humans scold you, turn to flowers and vines. Combine them. Morning glories are ideal As therapy or zazen. Blooms are mines For...
by phillipw | Apr 10, 2023 | AD, EN
Serendipity Almost Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A mother in Japan advised her son With haiku words. He planned to see The capital. Perhaps he wanted fun, A palanquin and social silk degree,...
