by phillipw | Oct 11, 2026 | Sonnet
O Holy Night (11) O Holy Night. King’s College Choir 2024.Harry Gant, tenor. – YouTube “til He appeared” ~ Nora Jones The night I met the beauty of the veins In wrists undreamed of in God’s Sabbath hour, When sunset had removed the Georgetown stains From...
by phillipw | Oct 11, 2026 | CA, CO, FR, JO, KE, LO, MA
Nameless Blossoms Reign Supreme Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter” I wear real flowers he gave me in my head. He bought them, really, in a pot beside...
by phillipw | Oct 11, 2026 | Sonnet, TR
Wisdom Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “We’ll be singing Jubilee” ~ Phillip Whidden Is Phillip Whidden still an S-d A? He still eats breakfast cereal, the dry Type, every morning. He...
by phillipw | Oct 11, 2026 | CH, ST
Scarface “In the image of God created he him” I will knock at your Gate in the darkness where white Petals disappear. ~ Kyorai [Englished by Phillip Whidden] I wish I had a scar across my face, A scar to force me always to recall You, hardness of your profile,...
by phillipw | Oct 10, 2026 | Sonnet
As Much an Idiot as Aristotle, Cicero, Ovid, Spenser and Shakespeare I will knock at your Gate in the darkness where white Petals disappear. ~ Kyorai [Englished by Phillip Whidden] By Ragesoss – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,...
by phillipw | Oct 10, 2026 | GE, JA, JE, MA, SA
For Jen and Maiko Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I wore a fake tiara once for both Of them, for students from my past. It was as if I then fulfilled my oath (Unspoken oath). One’s father was aghast...
by phillipw | Oct 9, 2026 | AN, MO, WH
The Reverend Slope “In the gloom of the temples there are lights here and there.” ~R. H. Blyth, Haiku, Summer-Autumn, vol. 3, 279 For Donald who became a Roman Catholic Across millennia the temples span Our darkness. They are best when they are grim. Caves...
by phillipw | Oct 9, 2026 | AU, CA, SI, WH, WI
Glorious Cape Canaveral Soprano Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He finds himself unable to construe The dead gardenia plant among the stone Grave markers any other meaning’s true Construction than a...
