by phillipw | Feb 13, 2026 | DE, FA, GE, RO, SA
Railway r׀g׀d׀ty Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this life”? [or something like that] Life has this way of wrangling men to do The things...
by phillipw | Jan 31, 2026 | AS, AU, FA, MA, PA, Uncategorized
Solemn Piano Music Forever Ecstatic Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When autumn comes, it comes because it goes In everyone. Because it goes, it comes Outside and in us. Autumn does not doze But grows...
by phillipw | Jan 9, 2026 | FA, GE
Fancy Fan Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The geisha with her bashful bold white face And sweetheart lips attends the monied man With tempting purity. She knows disgrace Of women all around the...
by phillipw | Jan 1, 2026 | CO, FA, FU, PE
The Journey and the Goal He stuck his joystick, full, inside the hole. He used the instrument to choose the way To go, directions, speed and slowed control. He used a masterful and swaggering sway And gentle entry and re-entry for New thrills. He moved it more to...
by phillipw | Dec 22, 2025 | AS, DE, FA, RE
Nothing is Cleaner Gone Than Yesterdays Slower days passing— Gathering up—distant Are things of the past. ~ Buson [Englished by Phillip Whidden] Not anything comes slower than the past. The distance of all yesterdays is huge, More distant than the Milky Way is...
by phillipw | Dec 14, 2025 | DA, FA, RE
Nagging Life Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “laugh and go” ~ “I Meant to Do My Work Today,” Richard Le Gallienne Life feels the force of fact and right behind It follows fantasy. The...
