by phillipw | Feb 8, 2026 | LO
Rains [This sonnet is indebted to Onitsura in Hitorigoto and R. H. Blyth] The rains of spring as showers are clear and cool Like Baby Jesus’ eyes in manger laid. The longer rains are wholesome hearted, pool Up, heaven’s crystal sea, all sadness paid. Spring rains,...
by phillipw | Feb 7, 2026 | EU, LO, SA
Healing Liquid Does not Flow across the Holy Grail Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Okechobee The water’s flow across the swamp and lake Is imperceptible to us as to The alligator, egret and the snake. The...
by phillipw | Feb 5, 2026 | IR, LO
The Good God a tsunami of love Tornado twists and terrors kill two score In trailer parks and maybe elsewhere. Storms Like hurricanes with evil eyes kill more. Typhoons like Oriental eyes in gods with forms With slanted vision kill as many in Their bamboo...
by phillipw | Feb 4, 2026 | CH, LO, RO, ST
Purgatory or Hell Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When I am dead, I want to be a hot, Hot, hotter kind of smoke, the hottest smoke A ghost can be. I want this smoke, and not, For only you. I want to...
by phillipw | Jan 21, 2026 | LO, RO, SP, ST
Treasure Chest Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Spring spreads its light across the body on May’s bed. The beam has snowdrop, daffodil And wonders of narcissus in this dawn Since spring refuses to let...
by phillipw | Jan 13, 2026 | BL, LO, MO, MU, NI
Assignations Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Assign the fence to mockingbirds in love. Assign the limb to nightingales and moons, The sky to larks in spirals up above, The blackbird’s vapored song...
