by phillipw | Oct 21, 2026 | CH, EA, IS, LO, PE, SH
Preacher Paradox To the white candle The white peony is death, Moving still as death. ~Kyoroku [Englished by Phillip Whidden*] ~ Ecclesiastes 1:2 The peony and candle both seem still, But “seeming” never/always still contains Un(numb)ered movements. Particles feel...
by phillipw | Sep 11, 2026 | 9/11, IS, MU, SE, SU, TW
Before the Fall of Would-be Corpses Numbers 35:33 KJV Isaiah 47:11 KJV An English lesson of the sort he gave In ordinary secondary schools Left students (and himself) not zinged — not grave With stunning revelations. Grammar rules And Blake could be oppressive in...
by phillipw | Mar 8, 2026 | BU, CH, FA, HI, IS, JU, OR, PR, RE, TR
The Spider Webs of Fibers Finer than Charmeuse Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We find ourselves between the basest hopes And silliest of fears. When still we find Ourselves despite religions and those...
by phillipw | May 5, 2024 | IS, MU, PA
Some Things Seem Eternal in Palestine Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The melding rests here drying in the sun. The mix has cinnamon and cloves thrown in Among the pink and purple petals. Spun Among them...
by phillipw | Nov 30, 2023 | FL, HA, IS, MA
Palestine Protesters in Perspective Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem In Michigan an X-er in one town Is all upset because an Xmas band Is drowned out by a protest. One cold frown Is sent across The...
by phillipw | Jan 8, 2023 | IS, RE, SE
Time separates more widely, fatally Than space. The second that just passed goes, gone, Leaps gone forever, plummets weightily, More heavily than gravity’s hard, wan Iron cannonball in vacuum, yanked fast Away where science cannot find it, lost Eternally and...
