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...
by phillipw | Nov 25, 2025 | CH, ST, Uncategorized
48 53 58 63…Februaries Schisms as Chasms Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The five-year gap between the times that you And I were born, our ages (ever spread) Will never be erased until the skew Of death...
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...
