by phillipw | Oct 20, 2026 | AL, AR, DE, HA, TE
Permeable Realities, No Distinction, not Actually “And after that the dark!” ~ Alfred, Lord Tennyson “Has crush’d thee here” ~ Charles Tennyson Turner, “On Finding a Small Fly Crushed in a Book” It seems sometimes that life and death break through Each other,...
by phillipw | Oct 16, 2026 | AL, DE, GA, GR, HE, Ho, MA, MO
Queer Colors King Alexander had two colors for His eyes, one blue, one brown. His hair hung blond In curls, blond gloss upon them. To adore, He chose his childhood friend. From far beyond Came sobbing. Blond of royal hair spread wide And crammed the world with...
by phillipw | Oct 13, 2026 | DE
Haunting Do not darken white Blooms on the hedge with your light From paper lanterns. ~ Hōrō [Englished by Phillip Whidden] When artificial light is turned on, white Of tiny blossoms, white themselves in dark Of garden realm, retreats. An almost blight From...
by phillipw | Oct 9, 2026 | BU, DE, RE
Kyoto Shrines Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Inside the temples there beneath the trees Love’s lights remain aglow. Beside the eaves Of holy places as if under seas Religion offers solace as from leaves...
by phillipw | Oct 5, 2026 | DE, FR, MA
Montaigne sans La Boétie Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem One void is absolute though it can be Particular. The void of death is all If brought to you alone in amité. The loss of one, just one is lover’s...
by phillipw | Oct 2, 2026 | AL, BR, CH, DE, DI, GA, JE, LO, MI, MO
Paradiso and Inferno as Purgatorio Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem You know that you have found the man when: Asphalt streets of dust before the rain Turn clear gold streets of God and you ban men Who do...
