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...
by phillipw | Jul 16, 2025 | CR, JI, LA, Uncategorized
Cro-Magnon Man vs. Low-Magnon Man Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem It took us fifteen thousand years to sink To jigsaw puzzles. Lascaux art shines out In darkness but stupidities shrink true Images to...
by phillipw | Sep 26, 2024 | BL, CR, SA
Cosmic Regurgitation Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Black holes are darker than the darkest spheres Of planets. You might fear them if you saw Them. Even more the darkest holes cause smears...
by phillipw | Jun 23, 2024 | BU, CR, DE, MO
Too Late to Understand the Reality वास्तविकता का एहसास होने में बहुत देर हो चुकी है। Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Cut out my shadow. Free me from the torture of seeing myself fruitless. ~ Lorca,...
by phillipw | Jun 16, 2024 | CR, FR, RO
Argument from Design A line of spider’s thread Cuts across the lily scene, Highjacking the flower. ~ Sujū (Englished by Phillip Whidden) A single thread of spider web across The scene displaces lily as the sight To see. The steel-like silk is ghostly floss...
by phillipw | Apr 19, 2024 | CH, CR, RE, RO, TH
Gargoyles Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The gargoyles were created to display Some truth and not to ward off evil things. Perhaps grotesques were fashioned to betray The evils of the Church, the...
