by phillipw | Jul 14, 2021 | BU, CH, SA
Never Mind Nirvana An aching earthquake chasm has more weight Than filled perfection ever gains. The death Of Christ impaled is useful to berate The evils in the world much more than breath Of Buddha, mystic in his musings, thought Beneath a Bodhi tree, his...
by phillipw | Jul 11, 2021 | BL, BU, GO, GR, IO, KI, KY
Born from the Genitals of Uranus Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The eyes of Aphrodite are more blue, As blue as depths off Kythira, perhaps As pale as blue waves mariners see through Before they find...
by phillipw | Jul 6, 2021 | BU, RE
Messy Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The snow has melted On just one metal shoulder Of the Great Buddha. ~ Shiki Not ours the purposes of nature. Not God’s either, not so...
by phillipw | Jun 4, 2021 | AE, BE, BU, CH, MA, PH, RE, ST
No Hypocrisy or Self-deceiving in Esthetics Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When Jesus speaks, the monasteries chant And convents count their beads. On Georgia’s roads His words are...
by phillipw | Apr 4, 2021 | BU, CH, IM, RE, RO
He Wore his Royal Robes to Lead Out in Matins and Vespers Some lines of verse by Robert King of France Sing, simply pious, from one thousand years Gone by. We analyze them, though, askance Because his holiness had fatal fears Like flaming coals inside it. He was so...
by phillipw | Mar 14, 2021 | AE, BE, BU, CO, ES, MO, SO, TR
Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem [Three AI image apps failed to get the format of this sonnet absolutely correct. The one above is the umpteenth attempt by Bing’s AI. For the actually correct...