by phillipw | Oct 21, 2026 | CH, EA, IS, LO, PE, SH
Preacher Paradox To the white candle The white peony is death, Moving still as death. ~Kyoroku [Englished by Phillip Whidden*] ~ Ecclesiastes 1:2 The peony and candle both seem still, But “seeming” never/always still contains Un(numb)ered movements. Particles feel...
by phillipw | Oct 21, 2026 | AM, BI, CH
In Vain Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full” ~ Ecclesiastes 1:7 His heart was not quite written on the lake Of loss, lost memory, or upon the sea Of...
by phillipw | Oct 20, 2026 | AL, AR, DE, HA, TE
Permeable Realities, No Distinction, not Actually “And after that the dark!” ~ Alfred, Lord Tennyson “Has crush’d thee here” ~ Charles Tennyson Turner, “On Finding a Small Fly Crushed in a Book” It seems sometimes that life and death break through Each other,...
by phillipw | Oct 20, 2026 | FL, OR, PN
Rollins Street, Orlando, after the Hunger Strike Against Poor Food in the Academy Cafeteria Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “And deep-asleep he seem’d, yet all awake, And music in his ears . . . . “There...
by phillipw | Oct 19, 2026 | Sonnet
You Know the Split-tongued Pike Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The older, ugly one has found a way To corner him beside him on the seat Inside his car. He wants this boy to say A thing to the man can...
