by phillipw | May 22, 2026 | DE, FI, Ho, WO
Chine-jo’s Death Haiku . How easily it Glows, easily it goes out, The fire-fly blink. ~ Chine-jo [Englished by Phillip Whidden] . The worker bee goes out; comes in from bloom To bloom; from hour to hour. She brings Her nectar; brings it; finds an eight-sides room To...
by phillipw | May 21, 2026 | AN, DE, DI, GO, RE
Pilgrims at Terror Creek “There is no effort on my brow, I do not strive,* I do not weep; I rush with the swift spheres and glow In joy, and when I will, I sleep.” ~ Matthew Arnold [speaking in the voice of Nature], Mortality Decaffeinated nature...
by phillipw | May 21, 2026 | AF
Oddness Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Your soul desires bioluminescence. It is this oddness of the soul that brings The shore’s envisaged rejuvenescence And gives those ghosts, religions, glimmering...
by phillipw | May 20, 2026 | Sonnet
Universal Charity, Agape Love and All That Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If only midges buzzed like Buddhist monks Or like the Jains, so ethical no bites Would stab the skin and flesh. No flaming...
by phillipw | May 20, 2026 | CA
Daydream Uselessness Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He has two giant Oriental fans Propped up beside his bookcase and his main Computer screen. He has to save spread spans From feline selfishness. A...
by phillipw | May 20, 2026 | LU
Heralds Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A butterfly gives beauty, pleasure, grace, All free for us — the beauty in its wings, The pleasure in its flight and floating pace. The beauty of its...
by phillipw | May 20, 2026 | Sonnet
Morning Revelation Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He wakes to beauty in the morning light. He wakes to beauty there above his sheets. It is as if a scene with candlelight Of love has filled his bed and...
by phillipw | May 19, 2026 | BU, LU, MO, PI, Uncategorized
Lepidoptera Pilgrims Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem They flick from flower onto flower, ways And ways, but as a broken way of flicks And flutters, flickering through religious days; Or, if as moths...
