by phillipw | Jan 29, 2026 | OX, PA, SU
More Sacred than Surrealism Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When sun and shadow blend and do not nix Each other; when the smile and frown are one; When symphonies are silence and their mix Is utter — and...
by phillipw | Jul 7, 2024 | CA, DE, OX, PA, PR
Shade The quiet, silent things send echoes through Each other. Rosebush leaves above the tom That naps beneath them are more quiet, strew Their silence down, reverberating calm On nearly silent breathing through his two Pink nostrils held by...
by phillipw | Dec 31, 2023 | NE, OX, PA, TI
Noxymoron The paradox of New Year’s midnight Eves Is ever new and ever old because The endless carries on. The moment cleaves The past from present in unchanging laws And also causes pasts and presents to Cleave hard together changelessly the...
by phillipw | Jul 26, 2021 | CH, OX, PA
Changed, Remained, Unaltered A midday moon high up above a bird That sings from nowhere, everywhere, will soon Become a paleness in the blue, half slurred In slighter blue of evening’s later sky. That afternoon another songbird tied The time between the noon...
by phillipw | Apr 30, 2021 | OX, PA, ST, WE
Disclosure of Might in Slackness “The tree manifests the bodily power of the wind; The wave exhibits the spiritual nature of the moon.” The tree is strong but not quite strong enough. Its lack of strength unveils the power of wind. This tree thus weak reveals that...
by phillipw | Mar 26, 2021 | AU, FA, NO, OC, OX, PA, SE
Perfect Paradoxes, October’s Oxymorons The point of fall is melancholy joy. The oranges, yellows, and the reds are breaths Of autumn but in parallel destroy. Their bright solemnity a trillion deaths Entails. The oranges are calmly rife With gorgeouness of gloom. ...
