by phillipw | Apr 2, 2026 | OR, PE, Uncategorized
Flowers Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The flowers have only weakness, but then not. The flowers have only innocence of white And pink. This innocence does not tie knot Or turn to kink. Refusing...
by phillipw | Mar 30, 2026 | AC, OR
Astronomy Down Home Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Why people think we have to look to stars Is strange. Reds, yellows, whites and blues Are matched on earth. Quite far enough floats Mars. Why look at...
by phillipw | Mar 8, 2026 | BU, CH, FA, HI, IS, JU, OR, PR, RE, TR
The Spider Webs of Fibers Finer than Charmeuse Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We find ourselves between the basest hopes And silliest of fears. When still we find Ourselves despite religions and those...
by phillipw | Feb 11, 2026 | MU, OR, SI
The Nestling Pushing Out the Innocent Eggs Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The singing of the nightingale brings blood To spirit and a pure soprano brings The spirit blood. These two together thud The...
by phillipw | Feb 2, 2026 | HA, OR, PE, SH
Poem Interpretation Examining three Thousand haiku carefully, The two persimmons. ~ Shiki The reader, far too Western, so it seems, Blinks, flummoxed by the haiku. He or she Can’t grasp how two fruit spheres, unless in dreams Of Japanese imagination, see Their way...
by phillipw | Jan 2, 2026 | CL, ET, EX, OR, SE, TI
Scientific Lucifer Knew a Thing or Two While Trapped in Sexless Heaven Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We struggle now to understand not just Eternity but time. The Einsteins might Explain it but in...
