by phillipw | Oct 5, 2026 | Sonnet
David with Baby Absalom, Upside Down Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He sits in T-shirt with his tiny son, In T-shirt and in shorts, the long black hair Like Absalom’s. It’s almost like a pun On...
by phillipw | Oct 5, 2026 | DE, FR, MA
Montaigne sans La Boétie Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem One void is absolute though it can be Particular. The void of death is all If brought to you alone in amité. The loss of one, just one is lover’s...
by phillipw | Oct 4, 2026 | CH, GA, LO, RO, SE, ST
That First Fragrance Before Incense Was Ever Imagined Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem That air that doesn’t wish to be some thing It isn’t, like the first time that you smelled Him in the...
by phillipw | Oct 4, 2026 | CH, LO, RO, SE, ST
Twenty-four Carat Uncaring Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem His hair reduced to ashes blames the Christ Whom he presumed to love and who he thought Loved him, but then that God performed the heist Of life...
by phillipw | Oct 4, 2026 | GR, KI
No Infrared or Seismic Communication Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “The magnificence of Man, the sublimity of Nature, are seen as they really are, one thing.” ~ R. H. Blyth, Haiku, Summer-Autumn...
by phillipw | Oct 3, 2026 | Sonnet
THUD Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A thing of humans and of mammals, grief Is something that the universe contains Sans evolutionary purpose. Darwin’s brief Excludes this sorrow in the hearts and...
by phillipw | Oct 3, 2026 | Sonnet
“orient and immortal” ~ Thomas Traherne, Centuries of Meditation, R. H. Blyth, Haiku, Summer-Autumn, vol. 3, p. 278 Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If “Basho’s life was one long childhood”, then...
by phillipw | Oct 2, 2026 | Sonnet
The Never Consumed Burning Bush Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Like people in the former century who Had never seen until the surgeon’s knife Removed their cataracts and saw the blue Of heaven we take...
