by phillipw | Apr 10, 2026 | PH, RE, SA
Clear Blue and Clear White Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “from everywhere, from nowhere” ~R. H. Blyth Sometimes it seems the universe is clear In what it says. A daybreak comes in blue Of almost...
by phillipw | Mar 15, 2026 | BO, PH, RO, WH
An illustration in this post shows a young nude human being. If that will offend you, close this sonnet now. ======== Senior Presentation at Forest Lake Academy 1965 Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The...
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...
