by phillipw | Feb 26, 2026 | AN, BE, CH, CO, CR, Uncategorized
The Lens to Capture Irony Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem She saw the cormorants at work while she Was on vacation in a rural part Of China, but, unlike them, she was free. She had a tender, sentimental...
by phillipw | Feb 25, 2026 | BE, BR, DE, LO, Uncategorized
For Love and Worse Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The old, the old, they sit, required to keep Their lips sewn tight. The old, the old, they sit And stare at walls where men, the men, would sleep Before...
by phillipw | Feb 19, 2026 | BE, EM, PH, PO
Philosophy’s Cave Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Philosophy, the enemy of Keats, Is like an axe to kill that Eden tree, The Tree of Life. The poets, they are cheats, Spews Plato, while they...
by phillipw | Feb 18, 2026 | AE, AP, BE, BY, CH, ES, LU, MA, RA, UM
Male Gaze Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem You see the people in the April rain. Perhaps they are umbrellas, not much more To you, or raincoats. They are like a stain On retinas and not much more. They...
by phillipw | Feb 14, 2026 | BE, JO, KE
The Museum of Music in Brussels Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem As spring is leaving, The weight of the biwa grows Too heavy for my ears. ~ Buson [Englished by Phillip Whidden] (The biwa, a Japanese...
by phillipw | Jan 24, 2026 | BE, DE, Ho, YO
Across the Cosmos Desire Gets What Nature Dooms Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The egg desires to be a larva. It Desires to be a pupa. That desires To grow transparent wings to fly, then flit From...
