by phillipw | Feb 9, 2026 | ET, NI
The Message of the Eternal Transference Tells You to Go to the Hopeless Hermitage of Life and Death There is no bridge where The sun is setting again. Ah. The spring water. ~ Buson [Englished by Phillip Whidden] The sun of our life is setting, we are all on our last...
by phillipw | Jan 24, 2026 | ET, FR, NI
Time-limited Desire Of course we all might hesitate before We think and act. We know this since The end of every action is ordained, is sore With doom. Our destinies will always mince Our thoughts and actions when the cosmos can. It chows on them and will not try to...
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...
by phillipw | Jan 13, 2026 | BA, JE, MO, NI
Fantasias versus “Free Verse” (prose) Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem brother james air – YouTube The birds are happy with their songs. They sing Them yet again, again. Unchanging through...
by phillipw | Dec 4, 2025 | CA, DR, NI, SU
Mishmash Manifestations Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Dreams come. Dreams come and as caverns and as peaks, As Everests in the sunrise and as seas At sunset. Each dream comes to you unique, Unique...
by phillipw | Nov 26, 2025 | NI, SO
Supreme Socrates and Nay-saying Nietzsche Considered in the Context of the Eternal Recurrence Nietzsche in ancient Greek straitjacket as Socrates with hemlock; image produced by Grok AI at the direction of the poet If Socrates had had a watch, he would Have wound it...
