by phillipw | Jun 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
Insight Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A haiku does not have a title since Its subject hides, not wanting to be named. The reader’s sensibilities evince The tacit notes performed, the...
by phillipw | Jun 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
Mixed Fag If poets all were beautiful inside And out, we might expect all beauty in Their lives and lines as white as first-time bride Or Easter lily, but real poets sin With booze and booty, Dylan Thomas with His lips and wavy hair. The notion that...
by phillipw | Jun 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
Words “what we wish to say is just that which escapes the words” I beg to differ. What we wish to say Awaits in words exactly what we want, As blossoms want to shape in God’s bouquet, As maples wish for scarlet in Vermont....
by phillipw | Jun 17, 2025 | BY, IN, LO, PO
Enola Gay and Heart Attacks Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poemFOR “where burning Sappho loved and sung” for Donald Anthony Whidden The duty of the poet is to turn The mild surprise, the...
by phillipw | Jun 16, 2025 | BR, EL, RO, T, Uncategorized
“gentle shock of mild surprise” ~ Thomas De Quincey A piece of writing that delivers mild Enjoyment must appeal to some like those Who study T. S. Eliot. A wild Container holding gooseberry jam glows For some, though palely, I suppose. A taste Can be developed for ....
by phillipw | Jun 16, 2025 | EN, HA, SA
Perfect Poem’s Paradox Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The scholars say that haiku does not aim For hugeness and eternity; ideal Perfection; or divinity’s pale flame — In fact three lines hope only...
by phillipw | Jun 15, 2025 | AR
Imperative Impossibilities in the Arts Written on June 7, 2205, Gay Pride Day in Bracknell Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Time’s wingèd chariot is hurrying near” ~ Andrew Marvell, “To His Coy Mistress”...
by phillipw | Jun 15, 2025 | BE, CO, Uncategorized, YO
Travesty of Singing from the Stage Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Just screaming and then shouting—not like jazz Or any type of music—that is what We suffer. Gone are bourbon razzmatazz STREET MUSIC...
