by phillipw | Jan 22, 2026 | AE, AL, ES
True Beauty Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem True beauty hovers, shapes that want your form To fill them. Instantly you feel them throb Inside soul’s marrow or more like a storm Of Birds of...
by phillipw | Jan 22, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Eyes of Books Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Books look at us. They see a mouth and teeth, But books are foolish wise. They think that we Won’t eat them. Books keep hoping to bequeath Us...
by phillipw | Jan 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
Dark Purplish Brown to Red Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Disease goes on in spring with no release From agony. Cancer of the brain goes on Despite the chemotherapy. Spring’s peace Of cherry...
by phillipw | Jan 21, 2026 | AN, Uncategorized
The Decline and Fall of Fuzzilization Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem It used to be that ancient Japanese Religious shrine apprentices ran nude Around the temples and their grounds, male knees Completely...
by phillipw | Jan 21, 2026 | CH, SE, TI
“all / ye know on earth, and all ye need to know” Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When cherries bloom around the Basin, wings Are in the air and on the water, but The tourists do not see them. iPhone...
by phillipw | Jan 21, 2026 | CH, ST
The Opened Gate “Lighting one candle With another, an evening Of spring….” ~ Buson A waiting wickless candle — that is I —, . . . But sacredness finds candle, wick and all. A curly hymn comes out and not a sigh Of nuns. Archangels cause the flame and thrall. A...
by phillipw | Jan 21, 2026 | JA
Dreary, Flat, UnJapanese A haiku printed out in English lines Contains the English “I” two separate times, At starts of verses*. “I” itself defines Why this is not for haiku. Greatest crimes Of haiku and of Japanese milieu Are letting “I” occur in poetry And...
by phillipw | Jan 21, 2026 | LO, RO, SP, ST
Treasure Chest Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Spring spreads its light across the body on May’s bed. The beam has snowdrop, daffodil And wonders of narcissus in this dawn Since spring refuses to let...
