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Munching Mare as Mother

Munching Mare as Mother Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The zebra is not stripes.  She is an eye Of liquid loveliness that looks at colt And looks for lionesses in their sly Approach with claws and...

Petals Fall Around Monticello’s Garden

Petals Fall Around Monticello’s Garden By a collapsed house A pear tree blooming.  Here a Battle was fought.                           ~ Shiki At Gettysburg we walked across the fields. Not far away from there a pear tree bloomed. In Arlington Lee’s mansion has no...

Never Mind Astrophel and Stella

          Never Mind Astrophel and Stella Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem http://www.phillipwhidden.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/star-exploding-208576_large.mp4 If sonnets are supposed to be about Love,...

In a Gentle Tennessee Hollow

     In a Gentle Tennessee Hollow Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem  The twilight of the fireflies plays a part In memories, not in nightmares, now.  Our dreams Include the fireflies.  Surrealist art...

In the British Library and Later

     In the British Library and Later He spends his life among the books, the great Ones, yes, of course.  He reads about men’s love, Of Lancelot for Guenevere, and hate When men love men.  He asks himself, “When’s love If men love men and...

Nō Theatre in Slow and Slower Sadomasochism Motion

Nō Theatre in Slow and Slower Sadomasochism Motion Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem  “eternity shows itself in love with the productions of time” ~ R. H. Blyth, Zen and Zen Classics, vol. 5, p.125 Eternity...