by phillipw | Dec 6, 2025 | BR, FL, TI
A Florida Grove after Dawn Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The white of orange blossom petals seems Much higher in the morning when the light First licks them fully. They awake from dreams, From fragrant...
by phillipw | Nov 30, 2025 | BR, FL, MI, OR
Enlightenment: the Sun’s Satori and Yugen in Mims Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The orange tree ~ its branches ~ leaves ~ are one In Zen. The darkness of the gloss on green Of leaf shines unitary with...
by phillipw | Nov 21, 2025 | BR, DO, Uncategorized, WH
Young Donald A Sonnet Sequence Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Philadelphia on Cape Canaveral’s Sun and Sea Breeze My brother Donald, bigger, bolder, strong, Loved women just a bit too much, too...
by phillipw | Oct 29, 2025 | BR, CO, DE, DI, MA, WH
Stepping Into the Ambulance that Would Take Her to the Thames Valley Hospice Margaret Arbuckle Paterson Graham Whidden When I love thee not, Chaos is come again. ~ Shakespeare, Othello “Courage is life, living. Life is change; change is suffering; the will to...
by phillipw | Oct 27, 2025 | AD, BR, CH, CR
“One world at a time” ~ Henry David Thoreau Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Crown of thorns with breathing diamonds Too many of the world’s religions, faiths, Philosophies (like Buddha’s) spurn square...
by phillipw | Oct 26, 2025 | BR, DO, FL, IV, LO, PH, RO, SI, SU, TI, TO, Uncategorized, WE, WO
Lone Ranger Sunshine Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Some buttered beams of light assured him that His world was not just treacly tombstone jewels. The shafts were shining from a cowboy hat Of boyhood...
