by phillipw | Dec 19, 2025 | AU, DE, LE
Ambiguity People are few. October leaves also fall, Here, there, now and then. ~ Issa [Englished by Phillip Whidden] The people come and go. As symbols they Lack wings unlike black Lucifer or God. The people are far fewer in the day Than leaves that flutter, wings...
by phillipw | Dec 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
Leaves, Limbs and Florida Heat Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The blooms and leaves as symbols do not touch His older brother, Donald, or one gone Last month. The leaves and blossoms settle much Too...
by phillipw | Dec 18, 2025 | BR, FL, Ho, NE, OR, PO
They More Royal than Her Majesty Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The orange grove is far from shrouded with The fragrance of the orange blooms. They Are wrapped in rhapsody of bees. The myth Is nectar,...
by phillipw | Dec 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
Middle Eastern Fan not Japanese: Palistrophes Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The Book of Genesis is like a fan, A fan made up of fans, of foreign fans Within one spreading fan. Thus life began In...
by phillipw | Dec 17, 2025 | CI
Circle Set of Circles Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The snowdrop is the spring, the daffodil The trumpet spring . . . and peony the full Completion: birth, then childhood and the spill Of life in...
by phillipw | Dec 17, 2025 | PO, SO
Manna Language Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem This speaking of a sentence made of lines, Of gems and lines and sonnets, is his way. He tried the normal way but life had mines And not the diamond...
by phillipw | Dec 17, 2025 | DE, Uncategorized
Rigor Mortis: Religions Remain Rigidly Wrong Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The list that life provides is brief, not strange. It’s ultra certain: two its items. One Need not be named. The other one...
by phillipw | Dec 16, 2025 | WH
Facing Facts about Postal Delivery Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If he should send a letter home, no good Would come of it. Home vanished long ago So even if a loving letter could Be posted, it would...