by phillipw | Nov 22, 2025 | BU, CH, JA, MY, Uncategorized
Monks Near Bamboo Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Bamboo is too exact for Japanese And Chinese mystics. Unimpeachable In perfect pipes, it bends in Buddha’s breeze. His wise enlightenment feels reachable...
by phillipw | Oct 1, 2025 | BU, MA, Uncategorized
Needy Men Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The love inside a man needs rest though not Inside a woman, maybe. He must turn To other things or he will be too fraught Perhaps like baited bull. The...
by phillipw | Jul 11, 2025 | BU, DR, FO, GI, NI, Uncategorized
Not Exactly the Minotaur’s Maze at the Bottom of the Marianna Trench Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem You know what dreams are. Poetry in sleep They tease us with their challenges and knots. Our...
by phillipw | Jun 19, 2025 | BU, SA
Sacred Blah Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The pain, the pain, the pain caused Buddha to Withdraw from lfe, the tawdriness of rows Of shops in nowhere tows, the pious queue To plead...
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 13, 2025 | AE, BU, ES, IM, SA, Uncategorized
Sabi and “Kubla Khan” Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “withered the health and the spirits of his bride” ~ Edgar Allen Poe, “The Oval Portrait” The poet left his lines unfinished—and Unfinished it...
