by phillipw | Jun 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Weeping Willow or Burning Bush Yield to the willow The loathing, all the desire Of your inmost heart. ~ Basho The various religions posit you Can win with weakness. It is just a strength Dressed up as yielding, either with a view Towards God (in Islam) or in...
by phillipw | May 31, 2025 | BU
Buddha Solidifying from Incense Caused by Bing’s AI as instructed by the sonneteer. The sounds of worshipers and tourists fade As evening tidies up. From in the pond A quiet rises through the temple shade. Perhaps a twilight meaning from beyond The monks...
by phillipw | May 31, 2025 | CH, ST, TR
Absolution for Absalom Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem His work required the killing of some trees. He cut them down. He cut them up. He said He loved them, but he wasn’t really free....
by phillipw | May 31, 2025 | AS, IN, PO, SU
The Music of Throbbed Spheres Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A poem comes from inner space — and not. The regions round the ribs are where it comes From, or, from in soul’s sun, its mind, a spot...
by phillipw | May 31, 2025 | Uncategorized
Spectrum of Orthodoxy Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem One blush of peonies comes out as pink, A pink Jehovah dreamed of long ago. It flourished there in eons. Then a chink In his subconscious...
