by phillipw | Jun 17, 2026 | BE, ME, SA
Manhattan Mega Beauty Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If you are beautiful enough, why take The trouble to be decent, doing good Like saintly Francis or Saint Clare? Just shake Your curls as any pretty...
by phillipw | Jun 15, 2026 | ME
Pitifully Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Who cares about your brain? Who cares about Your heart (assuming that you have one)? Who Could care about such stuff? Just let us shout For you to...
by phillipw | May 26, 2026 | LU, ME, SA
Tall and Big Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A man called life climbs up his marble stairs As lover, father, other pulsing parts Assigned to him, perhaps in different pairs, Half rhymes. Because we...
by phillipw | May 2, 2026 | ME, SE
It All Comes Out Wrong in the Wash Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Mosquitoes in the daytime; Buddha hides Them, dark behind him.” Fantasizing such, The poet Issa, sentimental, glides To sacred...
by phillipw | Apr 17, 2026 | ME, SK
Nevertheless Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The skylark sining ripples the clouds. ~ Seien The skylark penetrates the clouds or mist Not just with beak and body, feathers, wings And even claws. ...
by phillipw | Apr 6, 2026 | CH, ME, RE, SA, Uncategorized
Revelation and Satori Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A black night of stars: Cherry petals are falling; Water, rice seedlings. ~ Buson [Englished by Phillip Whidden] The black of night with stars implies...
