by phillipw | Oct 9, 2026 | AN, MO, WH
The Reverend Slope “In the gloom of the temples there are lights here and there.” ~R. H. Blyth, Haiku, Summer-Autumn, vol. 3, 279 For Donald who became a Roman Catholic Across millennia the temples span Our darkness. They are best when they are grim. Caves...
by phillipw | Oct 9, 2026 | AU, CA, SI, WH, WI
Glorious Cape Canaveral Soprano Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He finds himself unable to construe The dead gardenia plant among the stone Grave markers any other meaning’s true Construction than a...
by phillipw | Oct 9, 2026 | BU, DE, RE
Kyoto Shrines Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Inside the temples there beneath the trees Love’s lights remain aglow. Beside the eaves Of holy places as if under seas Religion offers solace as from leaves...
by phillipw | Oct 8, 2026 | JA, RE
Sacred Sects and Shinto Shrine Because of Grief and Woe Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Imagine living where a street is lined With temples and with weeping willows, range Of willows and of temples, life...
by phillipw | Oct 8, 2026 | CH, ST
“almost mad with ecstasy” ~ Thomas Traherne, Centuries of Meditation A man of limbs, a man of limbs and limbs Who cut through limbs and cut through life, appeared As if theophany, he requiring hymns. Not quite theophany he disappeared In lightning’s flash, slashed in...
