by phillipw | Feb 2, 2026 | DI, MY, PE
The Ideal Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Perfection can’t be found in man-made things, Her mother held. She could have stopped with “man” And stopped her insight there. The bees with stings Are far...
by phillipw | Feb 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
Turning, Turning, You Come Round Right Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If you can turn the tables, you can win. Turn panic into Caribbean calms Or, rather, let the panic turn its sin To something...
by phillipw | Feb 1, 2026 | PL, SO, WR
Don’t Put Obstacles on the Tracks Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporar The writing of a sonnet comes like train Adventures. Board a train. You then sit down. The sonnet rides along, click, click, no strain. The...
by phillipw | Feb 1, 2026 | PA, Uncategorized
The Past, the Past, the Past . . . Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The past, the recent past, is so far gone That it and other pasts are mist-pale spheres Unborn, and spheres that never were, a dawn That...
by phillipw | Feb 1, 2026 | BU
The Methods of the Buddhist Monks’ Bakery and Buddha’s Lips like Horizontal Slugs Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If God’s archangel were a slug or frog The Japanese might write a haiku on God’s glowing...
