by phillipw | Aug 28, 2025 | VI
Aloes and Myrrh John 19:39 Mark 16:1 The violet does not need gold beside Its root in dirt. The bloom will come out white Or purple lacking precious metal. Wide The rule is: meaningful or not, despite Gold’s bogus merit, little loving things Are just...
by phillipw | Aug 27, 2025 | EA
Unparallel Universes Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem You comprehend a poem in the East, That means you comprehend the paintings, too. An ikebana’s powers are increased Because of rocks and...
by phillipw | Aug 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
When East Melds West Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The Eastern Realms of Zen want light to be The goal, satori’s glow, Enlightenment. They want the temple nuns and monks to see The Bodhi in...
by phillipw | Aug 27, 2025 | DR, NI, SE, Uncategorized
Against the Tide Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He always had an undertow beneath His skin, but as in nightmares he did not Know what it meant. It was like a sheath Around his member holding...
by phillipw | Aug 27, 2025 | SE, SI, Uncategorized
How to Live Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Aunt Wilma knew the way to live. The East (Japan and China, India) she wore Inside and out. She lived hwe life as feast Or rape, imbibing...
by phillipw | Aug 26, 2025 | RE
Faith in Christmas and Diwali Flopping Around Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The Orient is like a bauble tree, Diwali as the floating little boats On Ganges’ flow, a Yuletide stream of ghee In separate...
by phillipw | Aug 26, 2025 | KA, Uncategorized
The Japanese Spirit (Not Saki) The Japanese move porcelain-sweet mugs And cups and kettles, decorated, fine As April cherry blossoms, then as thugs Men dive bomb as imperially divine Themselves to slaughter guys on metal ships, The roasting of the flesh, plunged...
by phillipw | Aug 26, 2025 | AH
Less Than a Salt East China Sea Between Them Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The Indians have a sentiment like love Inside their marrow, marrow of mauve silk, Too like a maharani, lacking shove Of...
