by phillipw | Feb 19, 2026 | BE, EM, PH, PO
Philosophy’s Cave Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Philosophy, the enemy of Keats, Is like an axe to kill that Eden tree, The Tree of Life. The poets, they are cheats, Spews Plato, while they...
by phillipw | Feb 19, 2026 | BU, CA, LA, PH
Small and Large You see the morning Breeze moving the smallest hairs, The caterpillar. ~ Buson [Englished by Phillip Whidden] When smallest things obey the smallest laws, The laws that their small beings want to flee, These beasts fulfill the cosmic, tallest...
by phillipw | Jan 27, 2026 | PH, RO, SE, SN
Not Exactly Hypatia Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem She struck him as a woman lacking thought, At least no semblance of a thought that she Originated. Taking what she ought To think, she sometimes tried...
by phillipw | Jan 21, 2026 | IM, PH
Esemplastic Power Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A fish that nearly fills Antarctic seas, Its oceans, quite as much, a thousand miles Across, swims nearly large enough to please A poet’s...
by phillipw | Jan 18, 2026 | AS, PH, Uncategorized
The Yum Under Wordsworth’s Words “Swallowing is nature’s quest.” ~ Phillip Whidden The barley field is straight, its edges straight And they are not. Its rows are straight and not, Not really. Truth in nature is its hate Of straightness, strictness. Those are items...
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...
