by phillipw | Mar 6, 2021 | AB, AE, AR, BE, CU, ES, MO
Picasso! Don’t look at nature after art to slight The art. The point of art is not to ape But thinking. Artists target to incite, Not prettify, but cause the mind to gape. To criticize a painting for a lack Of slavishness to facts is silliness Akin to faulting...
by phillipw | Mar 5, 2021 | CO, EN, RU, TO
Not Far from Dremeford Though painted by the sunset, streams have no Awareness of the western sea. The graves Beneath the castle have no knowledge, though They face towards the dawn. Aflame like naves At Easter, children’s eyes compete with glass In sunward...
by phillipw | Mar 5, 2021 | BI, DE, NI, WR
As Strong as Steely Silk Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem No hints are held in songs of birds about How soon their death will come. The wren can sing Its aria but death will have its clout. The...
by phillipw | Mar 4, 2021 | CL
Aloof Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A solitary tongue of cloud comes out From cave depths in a mountain, mist from dark Abyss. The moisture whitely sniffs about. It tries to...
by phillipw | Mar 4, 2021 | IL, KN, SE
Early Wisdom He who knows others has knowledge. He who knows himself is illuminated. ~ Rôshi Some little blue and purple posters on His childhood wall beside his bed gleamed green (A phosphorescent glint) in patches, wan Some parts of their designs, each...
by phillipw | Mar 4, 2021 | CA, SY, TR
Concealment or Revelation Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If minds could play the instruments of mist, Sopranos sing the songs of unheard souls, And treble boys in choirs sing amethyst Magnificats,...
by phillipw | Mar 3, 2021 | CR
Homoeomeria A feeling comes. The earth is falling from The edge of clouds. From nothingness a sword Appears penumbra-like. More like a hum Than fugue a Viking warship foams a fjord. An egret rises from lagoon miasma Punctilious, precise, and feathered...
by phillipw | Mar 3, 2021 | PH, PO
Symphonies or Aristotle Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A poet opens up his lips. We want A poem from them, not wisdom. A sage Pronouncement we can do without. The font Of clear philosophy...
