by phillipw | Aug 26, 2026 | DA, DO, IV, JA, WH, WO
The Orange Grove Behind Our House Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A grove can take us anywhere. The leaves Shine distances: blood’s pirates that we play Are in the Caribbean*. Vision cleaves Us with...
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,...
