by phillipw | Apr 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
Sedge Warblers and Stellar Constellations Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem SEDGE WARBLER (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) – songbird factfile Each singing bird is like a singing star (Though other...
by phillipw | Apr 11, 2026 | BA, RO, Uncategorized, WI, YE
“from everywhere, from nowhere” ~ R. H. Blyth Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I hand the cosmos over to your heart And hand. Why not? I do not have the power To give it to you, but because pure heart...
by phillipw | Apr 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
Homeless Sweet Homeless Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Most animals make do without a house Of any kind. Beneath the sky of veldt They browse and scratch their fur to shift a louse, Their only roof the...
by phillipw | Apr 7, 2026 | JA, SP, UG, Uncategorized, WA
In Time and Times and Out of Time Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The white of the camellia is white, As white as white has been for eons long Before a woman or a man had sight To worship it. Pink sits...
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 5, 2026 | JU, MO, SA, Uncategorized, WH
And They Despise Villanelles, Too Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The near rectangularity of shape Of sonnets tempts at least a few to scorn Them: “Set too strict!’’ “Too much like freedom’s rape!’’ They...
