by phillipw | Jan 24, 2026 | CH, DE, Ho, ME
Death, Prepare the Cosmic Shroud Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem All beauties that desire to grow accept The iron* law of change, for growth is change. The holy monkish spiritual adept** Presumes this...
by phillipw | Jan 21, 2026 | CH, SE, TI
“all / ye know on earth, and all ye need to know” Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When cherries bloom around the Basin, wings Are in the air and on the water, but The tourists do not see them. iPhone...
by phillipw | Jan 21, 2026 | CH, ST
The Opened Gate “Lighting one candle With another, an evening Of spring….” ~ Buson A waiting wickless candle — that is I —, . . . But sacredness finds candle, wick and all. A curly hymn comes out and not a sigh Of nuns. Archangels cause the flame and thrall. A...
by phillipw | Dec 27, 2025 | CH
Without Our Will… Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Not even gods can separate the things Of time from timelessness, the times profane From holiness. Our Tuesday times have wings If only we attach...
by phillipw | Dec 15, 2025 | CH, ST, Uncategorized, WH, WO
Not a Care in the World Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Why hast thou dsquieted me, to bring me up? ~ 1 Samuel 28:15 A mother doesn’t wait. She dies. She goes Before, though after father. Both are...
by phillipw | Dec 8, 2025 | CA, CH, GO, JE, WE
Never the Fall Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “there was no more sea” ~ the Disciple whom Jesus loved I never fall in love. I raise my heart And fling it up to soar across loves’ skies So planets, moons...
