by phillipw | Dec 16, 2025 | CA, PR
Art and Music Asleep He lies stretched out, as stretched as white coast strands On Caribbean beaches, but though stretched He lies as calm as palm tree islands’ sands. His calm is comfort, watercolor sketched In softness, softer than an etching’s...
by phillipw | Dec 16, 2025 | MU, PH, PO, RE
Post-meaningism in Seventeenth-century Japan, Never Mind the Pythia Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Do not follow in the footsteps of the Ancients; seek what they sought.” ~ Bashô If no one follows...
by phillipw | Dec 15, 2025 | CH, ST, Uncategorized, WH, WO
Not a Care in the World Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Why hast thou dsquieted me, to bring me up? ~ 1 Samuel 28:15 A mother doesn’t wait. She dies. She goes Before, though after father. Both are...
by phillipw | Dec 15, 2025 | AP, PO, VE
Docility Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The statues of the heroes and the gods Stare straight. Immortal marble makes them stare. Though they were painted once against the odds Of transience, the...
by phillipw | Dec 14, 2025 | AV, EC, MY, SA, TE, Uncategorized
Miracles Greater than the James Webb Space Telescope Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Time telescopes — and Shakespeare travels large To ones who want him. Buddha opens doors Across our centuries. Then...
by phillipw | Dec 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
Uh, Uhh, UHHHHH! Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We think and then we feel. Behind the thought Of death our lives peek out. They whisper or At least they push aside what death has taught. Behind the...
by phillipw | Dec 14, 2025 | CA, DI, GA, GO, ST, WA, WH
Only a God Would Think of Gilding a Cavern Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Divine I am, inside and out, and I make holy whatever I touch or am touch’d from” ~ Walt Whitman “Divine I...
by phillipw | Dec 14, 2025 | DA, FA, RE
Nagging Life Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “laugh and go” ~ “I Meant to Do My Work Today,” Richard Le Gallienne Life feels the force of fact and right behind It follows fantasy. The...
