by phillipw | May 2, 2026 | ME, SE
It All Comes Out Wrong in the Wash Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Mosquitoes in the daytime; Buddha hides Them, dark behind him.” Fantasizing such, The poet Issa, sentimental, glides To sacred...
by phillipw | May 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Cosmic Roulette Wheel Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We choose among beginnings that we want To build our faith on. Some seize science. Some Choose God or gods. The older faiths all vaunt Their...
by phillipw | May 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
Pandemonium and Supercar Racing to the Nth Power Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Jeremiah 17:9 The terrorist inside the chambers red With blood, those pulsing ones, to right and left Is chief among your...
by phillipw | May 1, 2026 | SU
We Call for Divinity to Heal Muteness Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The voiceless butterfly is voiceless. Flowers Speak voiceless, too. If both of these have dreams, No voices come from them. The...
by phillipw | Apr 30, 2026 | CH, DE
The Grass in the Cemetery is the Same Green as the Grass Beneath the Cherry Blossoms Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When cherry blossoms scatter and are dead Upon the ground, will they consider me? Just...
by phillipw | Apr 30, 2026 | Uncategorized
More Ancient than a Kyoto Temple Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem There’s old and then there’s old. The haiku form Evolved four hundred years ago—and that is old— But not as ancient as the frogs in warm...
by phillipw | Apr 30, 2026 | EA, Ho, NE, RA, SE
Down Near the Earlier Mediterranean Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem One hundred thousand years long gone in holes In southern Europe men and women chipped Out arrowheads. Long, long before first scrolls...
by phillipw | Apr 29, 2026 | Uncategorized
Life versus Death Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The doom of death was a shadow compared to the raging destiny of life, the determined surge of life. ~ D. H. Lawrence, The Man who Died To say that death...
