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 | Oct 11, 2026 | CA, CO, FR, JO, KE, LO, MA
Nameless Blossoms Reign Supreme Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter” I wear real flowers he gave me in my head. He bought them, really, in a pot beside...
by phillipw | Oct 4, 2026 | CH, GA, LO, RO, SE, ST
That First Fragrance Before Incense Was Ever Imagined Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem That air that doesn’t wish to be some thing It isn’t, like the first time that you smelled Him in the...
by phillipw | Oct 4, 2026 | CH, LO, RO, SE, ST
Twenty-four Carat Uncaring Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem His hair reduced to ashes blames the Christ Whom he presumed to love and who he thought Loved him, but then that God performed the heist Of life...
by phillipw | Oct 2, 2026 | AL, BR, CH, DE, DI, GA, JE, LO, MI, MO
Paradiso and Inferno as Purgatorio Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem You know that you have found the man when: Asphalt streets of dust before the rain Turn clear gold streets of God and you ban men Who do...
by phillipw | Oct 2, 2026 | AG, EX, IN, LO, MY, RE
Outer Space and Inner Truth Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem From everlasting to the Everlast Of time saints name Eternity, the time Outside of time exploding now, with past And all futurity, the stretch...
