by phillipw | Apr 7, 2026 | AE, BE, ES, SH
The Valley of Love and Delight Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The Shakers knew it. Most of us have tried To realize it, hold the notion real, That beauty comes, its rules are satisfied, When even...
by phillipw | Mar 22, 2026 | BE, CA, SH, WH, WO
Tiny Bits of Banging Boy Bullets that Betrayed His Bursts His father’s blood and semen caused four sons Inside the woman whom he loved, loved, loved And loved. His manly semen overruns All other genes. The semen that he shoved Inside her womb filled all his sons...
by phillipw | Mar 14, 2026 | AN, SH
Rocks and Rivers with Innocently Envisaged Souls Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When you are raptured, try to think of earth The way it was before religion came To ruin it. Imagine worlds of worth And...
by phillipw | Feb 10, 2026 | AL, CA, LA, PA, SH, Uncategorized
Topsy-Turvey Mumblings of Deities Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When you are near enough to God, your Your true identity is scraped as if Divine A.I. is scanning you, one pure, Most wise identity, each...
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 30, 2026 | CH, SH, ST, Uncategorized
Jesus and I Lose Him in the Fumes that Rise above the River Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When I looked around Over my shoulder, the man Was lost in his mist. ~ Shiki [Englished by Phillip Whidden] He...
