by phillipw | Aug 27, 2025 | SE, SI, Uncategorized
How to Live Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Aunt Wilma knew the way to live. The East (Japan and China, India) she wore Inside and out. She lived hwe life as feast Or rape, imbibing...
by phillipw | Aug 26, 2025 | KA, Uncategorized
The Japanese Spirit (Not Saki) The Japanese move porcelain-sweet mugs And cups and kettles, decorated, fine As April cherry blossoms, then as thugs Men dive bomb as imperially divine Themselves to slaughter guys on metal ships, The roasting of the flesh, plunged...
by phillipw | Aug 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
“Simplify, simplify” ~ Henry David Thoreau, Walden Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Does Christ have orchids in his living room— And roses, red in tea variety, A vase of Birds of Paradise to loom Where...
by phillipw | Aug 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
“ere the mist/ Had altogether yielded to the sun” ~ William Wordsworth Some poets want a haze on Scalfell scenes And mist that lingers on a death-hued tarn. These writers think that distant history cleans Our Tuesday tedium. A rhyming yarn Is best if it shows ancient...
by phillipw | Aug 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Ancient Wisdom Long Lost In ancient Egypt thinkers got it right. They separated people from the gods. The people were not given any sight Of sanctum goddesses. The sweaty squads Of humans had to stay outside and guess What happened in the pillared space. The...
by phillipw | Aug 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Off Guard Education The secrets we were never told, these make Us, slyly. Parents held the secrets back For cleaving reasons. This may cause an ache, Mild fevers in the bones, this silent lack. The words our teachers and our lovers held Inside their...
