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...
by phillipw | Apr 29, 2026 | FR
Frogs Waiting to be Gigged in a South Georgia Pond Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Frogs never sing of beauty, love or youth. They sing complacently, instead, of death Although in spring they do not know...
