Modernist literature is characterized by a break with traditions of literary subjects, forms, concepts and styles.
Modernist Poetry
Tag: poem
It’s over and done
A cancer patient on a rough journey through the treatment process and all those who traveled with him.
return to solitude
For those who know…
Comfort
A snapshot of mental illness.
A Walking Detention
The unnerving happenings to any neurodivergent student in school.
Pale Almond Blossoms
Inspiration drawn from the stuff of life.
On Her Last Night
A deathbed elegy.
A question
A poem about dogs, about the idea of dogs.
the devil’s fingers
a murderer
doesn’t realize
The Regions of America
There was once an admired branch of the US Government, epitomized by the title Supreme Court, but that doesn’t exist any longer.
Death of an Idea
This poem urges us all to pursue our thoughts, our ideas, to their ultimate conclusion no matter how frivolous they may seem.
A Rhetorical Question
A complicated response to a rhetorical question.
Kept at Bay in the Bay
One step out, not sidestep, from West Africa,
One firm stride, with full slide, into America.
malaise
what is this strange feeling in me,
that gnaws on my marrow.
Anchors and Angels
How the wonders of nature and life can sometimes be lost in translation or even during the attempt to describe them at all.
Torture by Telephone
A tongue-in-cheek description of an annoying phone call