by phillipw | Feb 14, 2026 | BE, JO, KE
The Museum of Music in Brussels Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem As spring is leaving, The weight of the biwa grows Too heavy for my ears. ~ Buson [Englished by Phillip Whidden] (The biwa, a Japanese...
by phillipw | Dec 23, 2025 | JO, SU
The Ocean of Seasons Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “I to the world am like a drop of water That in the ocean seeks another.” ~ Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors Throughout the seasons water drips. In...
by phillipw | Dec 12, 2025 | JO, KE
Poetry’s Tiltings “bride of quietness and slow time” An emerald gem does not require your praise To be a wonder as it waits. We cut With laps and chisels reverently to raise Its hallowed thrill. The angles need not strut Their loveliness. It lies in silence while...
by phillipw | Dec 9, 2025 | DO, JO, Uncategorized
Death Be Taut, Proud Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Death never can be killed. If death could think That, it would be as calm as light, as calm As darkness. Death could smell the faithful stink...
by phillipw | Oct 17, 2025 | CA, FU, HA, JO, RE, SA
Trip Ups Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A ratatouille made of shadows seen Through God’s kaleidoscope is what the faiths Present to us. Religions, each a different scene Of glitters, promise...
by phillipw | Jul 21, 2025 | CL, JO, OL
Not Even for Cleopatra Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Once youth has fled the skin, the beauty will Be like the dryness and the sand of dunes. The breasts will sag like rotting fruit and spill...
