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...
by phillipw | Nov 20, 2025 | CH, Uncategorized
Character like tRUMP’s Shouts Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “What you are speaks so loudly, I cannot hear what you say.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson You know the kind of person, wife or friend, That...
by phillipw | Nov 5, 2025 | CH
Directions to Nowhere The “Chinese in free, hither and thither wandering that nevertheless goes to the goal; Egyptian in resolute march down the path once entered.” ~ Oswald Spengler, “Symbolism and Space,” IV The Chinese being Oriental flop About in mists’...
by phillipw | Oct 30, 2025 | CH, DA
Darwin as Dominie There’s really no such thing as self-control, Free will and all that sort of thing. The brain Has hormones in it. It is like a bowl With soup and spices in it. Hormones stain Us where they spill. They want to be free will. At least they’re...
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...
