by phillipw | Oct 17, 2026 | FA, IM, Sonnet, WH
With the Utmost Violence the Mind Can Defy Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Peonies do not permit Clouds for one hundred miles to Ravage pink petals. ~ Buson [Englished by Phillip Whidden] The peonies...
by phillipw | Oct 12, 2026 | BU, FA, IN, MA
Taira no Atsumari and Kumagai Naozane Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “play on” ~ John Keats, “Ode on a Grecian Urn” The complications in what people call a man The complications in what people call a man...
by phillipw | Sep 19, 2026 | FA, LO, SP, W, YE
At the Heart Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The beckoned coming The center holds — controls — and will control, — As falconer controls the gyring loop, Prevents the bird of prey while it patrols The land...
by phillipw | Sep 8, 2026 | FA, PR, SC
Blind Seers Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The fact defined lacks sense, the sense that hearts Desire. The meaninglessnesses of facts Are multiplied because there are no charts From blanks to show our...
by phillipw | Aug 31, 2026 | CH, CR, DE, FA, RE
Needy Need as Doctrine “By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.” ~ Psalm 33:6 Imagine if you couldn’t think, as free As God, the classic God of Christian thought, As if there weren’t the high...
by phillipw | Aug 30, 2026 | DO, FA, IM, RE, SO
Choking on Untruth Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty! Although the holy ones insist that we Extend beyond our bodies and mere time, That we have SOULS and...
