by phillipw | Apr 7, 2026 | JA, SP, UG, Uncategorized, WA
In Time and Times and Out of Time Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The white of the camellia is white, As white as white has been for eons long Before a woman or a man had sight To worship it. Pink sits...
by phillipw | Mar 7, 2026 | AR, GR, HE, JA, MA
Love’s Labors Cost Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I read that Jacqueline took money from Onassis for her clothes as part of her A Look Back at Jackie Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis’s Wedding...
by phillipw | Feb 13, 2026 | DE, DO, JA
Both Doll and Girl Have Hair of Jet Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The childless woman, How tender she is to black Hair on little dolls. ~ Ransetsu [Englished by R. H. Blyth and Phillip Whidden] The...
by phillipw | Jan 21, 2026 | JA
Dreary, Flat, UnJapanese A haiku printed out in English lines Contains the English “I” two separate times, At starts of verses*. “I” itself defines Why this is not for haiku. Greatest crimes Of haiku and of Japanese milieu Are letting “I” occur in poetry And...
by phillipw | Jan 13, 2026 | JA, UG, Uncategorized
Light and Small and Tall in Meaning Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem There’s smallness and there’s smallness. There is light And lighter yet. A tiny, tiny foot Comes down and rests on dipper’s handle,...
by phillipw | Dec 30, 2025 | JA, WE
Shakespeare versus Onitsura and Tozan Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The Great Morning breaks: The winds of long ago blow In through the pine trees. ~ Onitsura [Englished by Phillip Whidden] The wind in...
