by phillipw | Jun 19, 2025 | BU
Heavens of Hiroshima, Nirvanas of Nagasaki Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The Buddhist statues offer only bronze Or stone, whatever. They refuse to aid— They can’t. They’re wood and gilt. A temple...
by phillipw | Jun 18, 2025 | PE
Brevard County in March before the Tracts of Residential Invasions Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “every tree that is pleasant” Eau de Cologne impérial, Guerlain (1860) The essence of one hundred...
by phillipw | Jun 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
Insight Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A haiku does not have a title since Its subject hides, not wanting to be named. The reader’s sensibilities evince The tacit notes performed, the...
by phillipw | Jun 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
Mixed Fag If poets all were beautiful inside And out, we might expect all beauty in Their lives and lines as white as first-time bride Or Easter lily, but real poets sin With booze and booty, Dylan Thomas with His lips and wavy hair. The notion that...
by phillipw | Jun 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
Words “what we wish to say is just that which escapes the words” I beg to differ. What we wish to say Awaits in words exactly what we want, As blossoms want to shape in God’s bouquet, As maples wish for scarlet in Vermont....
