by phillipw | Apr 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
A White Magic Spell If voiceless, herons Would be near non-existence In this morning’s snow. ~ Chiyo (Englished by Phillip Whidden) This morning on the snow of mountain, field And path, no creature stirs, no see-through breeze Moves here among...
by phillipw | Apr 10, 2023 | AU, DE, EN, SP
Changing Changelessly Will Meet Its Fate Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Mountain cherry blooms Fall. Petals scatter over Water-wheel and brook. ~ Chigetsu (Englished by Phillip Whidden The water wheel...
by phillipw | Apr 5, 2023 | BR, PA
The Indian Tribes Never Imagined Apollo and Artemis The dry dune grass that grows along this beach, Brevard’s broad beaches, waves in salt-wind breeze Like gods with brush wind movements as they reach To dream of sky. They dream of shores on seas, On distant...
by phillipw | Apr 5, 2023 | AN, GH, IN
Oppositional Productivity Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Emotion is as difficult to free From poetry as cultures’ deepest faiths From superstition. It will have its spree Inside...
by phillipw | Apr 5, 2023 | BU, FL, LO, RE
Incapable Beauty The best thing that the poet pointed out Is that wise roses never know that all Are shriveling, young. The flowers never pout In sympathy with us. They never brawl With gods for us, to spare us from some fate We do not know awaits us. ...
by phillipw | Jan 31, 2023 | BI, GA
Acrobatic Zest In zest that never fails, though pause it must, The flittering and flapping in between The hedges, shrubs, and roses, swoop adjust Themselves in sunlight, changing to a keen Ballet or modern dance, or more trapeze Performance never...
by phillipw | Jan 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
Haze, or, Instead, Celestial Incense Clouds in the New Jerusalem The smell of new mown grass is not a patch On new mown hayfields. Beautiful perfume Is not just beautiful perfume. No match For Shalimar the newer scents presume That they compete. That N° 5 (Chanel)...
by phillipw | Jan 31, 2023 | MU, ST
The Opposite of Agnostic Swooning The reason God made starlings fly was for Those murmurations. Nothing else about These birds is worth the trouble. Swoop and soar In each elastic shape–they leave no doubt That they are Sky Divinity’s broad span, As...
