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...
by phillipw | Dec 26, 2025 | AS, MY, OR, PH, RE, Uncategorized
The Citrus Grove Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “root and all” ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson If you can see a perfect orange bloom, As most such blossoms are, and see them on Their darkling orange branch, and...
by phillipw | Dec 18, 2025 | BR, FL, Ho, NE, OR, PO
They More Royal than Her Majesty Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The orange grove is far from shrouded with The fragrance of the orange blooms. They Are wrapped in rhapsody of bees. The myth Is nectar,...
