by phillipw | Jul 18, 2025 | MO, Uncategorized
T. S. Eliot Blows His Snoot into His Upper Crust Cambric Handkerchief and This Is High Culture The fake and unthought thought of High Brows, dead Undead the “thinking” of their mindless minds, Who “think” that prose tricked out can be a shred Of poetry—this proves...
by phillipw | Jul 17, 2025 | BR, SA
“The Foolishness of Unbreeching” ~ San Polo; Stigmatization Leading to Stigmata on Naked Torso and Hands and Feet Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Saint Francis gave his father’s clothes straight back To...
by phillipw | Jul 17, 2025 | CO, FA, Uncategorized
Beside Our High Speed Highways; Pastures Ever Few The times when cows in pastures graze the green Of day and look about in calm not far From farm-house mornings are less seldom seen. We buzz past barns that hide the scar Of soul-less dairies, cows cooped up alone In...
by phillipw | Jul 16, 2025 | BA, CO, FA, GR, VE
Metallic Extrusion The barn sits red beneath a silvery roof And tries to call up memories of the time When it contained the gentle step of hoof Of soft-breathed cows, but modern farming crime Has jammed the cows in separate pens alone Except for cows...
by phillipw | Jul 16, 2025 | AR, SH, Uncategorized
Fodder for Clueless Romantic Poets Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A certain sort of reptile grew some wings And feathers never thinking it would grow To be a songbird in the singing springs Of England...
by phillipw | Jul 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
A Line of Wefting Notes: and He Pronounced It Good Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Perhaps since Christ first heard the blackbird’s song And instantly pronounced it good, it stayed For eons in its...
by phillipw | Jul 16, 2025 | CR, JI, LA, Uncategorized
Cro-Magnon Man vs. Low-Magnon Man Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem It took us fifteen thousand years to sink To jigsaw puzzles. Lascaux art shines out In darkness but stupidities shrink true Images to...
by phillipw | Jul 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
Forever and Forever Before Forever and After Forever Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “The sun’s sweet ray is hovering discovered.” ~ Heinrich Heine (“Der süße Strahl der Sonne schwebt...
