by phillipw | Jan 31, 2026 | AS, AU, FA, MA, PA, Uncategorized
Solemn Piano Music Forever Ecstatic Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When autumn comes, it comes because it goes In everyone. Because it goes, it comes Outside and in us. Autumn does not doze But grows...
by phillipw | Jan 18, 2026 | AS, PH, Uncategorized
The Yum Under Wordsworth’s Words “Swallowing is nature’s quest.” ~ Phillip Whidden The barley field is straight, its edges straight And they are not. Its rows are straight and not, Not really. Truth in nature is its hate Of straightness, strictness. Those are items...
by phillipw | Dec 26, 2025 | AS, MY, OR, PH, RE, Uncategorized
The Citrus Grove Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “root and all” ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson If you can see a perfect orange bloom, As most such blossoms are, and see them on Their darkling orange branch, and...
by phillipw | Dec 22, 2025 | AS, DE, FA, RE
Nothing is Cleaner Gone Than Yesterdays Slower days passing— Gathering up—distant Are things of the past. ~ Buson [Englished by Phillip Whidden] Not anything comes slower than the past. The distance of all yesterdays is huge, More distant than the Milky Way is...
by phillipw | Nov 14, 2025 | AS, FL, LO, RO
The New Ashoka Steps into Your Life Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The emperor’s feet spread music all along His path because he makes his way to you, (Though not the sound of strides that make this...
by phillipw | Sep 22, 2025 | AM, AS, EP, GE, PH, Uncategorized
Density Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The Dharmakaya hints a stone exists In God, That Mind. How large or small it might Be we are not informed. Two hardened fists...
