by phillipw | Feb 8, 2026 | DO, TR
Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem …Ganesha as tRUMP Unlike the Hindus we do not yield prayers To heroes turned to gods. Divinity We do not give the heroes. More like heirs To made up gods they...
by phillipw | Feb 8, 2026 | IN, PU
The Glitter of the Heart with Snows of Yesteryear Inside It in Sir Galahad Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Les neiges d’antan The distant seems more lovely if we see It like the nearest things we...
by phillipw | Feb 8, 2026 | LO
Rains [This sonnet is indebted to Onitsura in Hitorigoto and R. H. Blyth] The rains of spring as showers are clear and cool Like Baby Jesus’ eyes in manger laid. The longer rains are wholesome hearted, pool Up, heaven’s crystal sea, all sadness paid. Spring rains,...
by phillipw | Feb 8, 2026 | Uncategorized
Ambiguity of Prophets Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The sonnet is a chrysalis with God Deleted, holding D.N.A. to make The world anew, a D.N.A. not awed By Christ’s declared divinity. The shake [Click...
by phillipw | Feb 7, 2026 | BU, CH, IN, MO, RE, SO
Fourteen, Twice Seven . . . and More Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The sonnet in its little zoom [or something like that} ~ Wordsworth The sonnet is a chrysalis, yet you Must open it. The creature,...
