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 | Apr 6, 2026 | CH, ME, RE, SA, Uncategorized
Revelation and Satori Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A black night of stars: Cherry petals are falling; Water, rice seedlings. ~ Buson [Englished by Phillip Whidden] The black of night with stars implies...
by phillipw | Apr 4, 2026 | AC, RE
Upon the Stage* Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When people plant the rice in paddies, wade With wider steps among the mud thick rows, The men make wider strides as they evade Too many footsteps in the...
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 | Mar 6, 2026 | BO, DI, EM, RE, TI, Uncategorized
The Opposite of Bindings Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Whoever sitteth on this carpet and willeth in thought to be taken up and set down upon other site will, in the twinkling of an eye, be borne...
by phillipw | Feb 23, 2026 | RE
Falsity in Drag at Best Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The fact we hold in common with all things Except our gods and Gods is that we, each One, has a shadow, but despite this wings Sprout out from human...
