by phillipw | Sep 12, 2026 | AE, DE, Ho, TH
Never Mind Esthetics, Guys Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem It is as if Christ has no sense of hues, As if the color wheel does not exist. It is as if he doesn’t understand that blues Don’t go with...
by phillipw | Sep 12, 2026 | SP, UN
The Truths of Unicorns The truest unicorns exist without Confusions caused by legs and manes of colts Or stallions. Creatures live in seas and sprout Their spirals. Creatures with these curve-carved bolts Live not in forest of a tapestry. Instead they live in...
by phillipw | Sep 12, 2026 | Sonnet
Prospero and Catnip Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I gave my Prospero his catnip treats Whenever I remembered to. He did Not know how he could ask. No kitty tweets Were sent from him to make a tomcat...
by phillipw | Sep 12, 2026 | Sonnet
Non-identical Twins Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The one withheld, withheld — sensed well The present had to be the future tense. Tomorrow was the place for hardened swell, For force, fulfillment, time...
by phillipw | Sep 12, 2026 | Sonnet
Night, Light, Leaves Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We went sailing at Night — but now with sun on sails — We see shores’ young leaves. ~ Buson [Englished by Phillip Whidden] At night the leaves, child...
by phillipw | Sep 11, 2026 | 9/11, IS, MU, SE, SU, TW
Before the Fall of Would-be Corpses Numbers 35:33 KJV Isaiah 47:11 KJV An English lesson of the sort he gave In ordinary secondary schools Left students (and himself) not zinged — not grave With stunning revelations. Grammar rules And Blake could be oppressive in...
by phillipw | Sep 10, 2026 | GI
One Time She Went to See an Operetta in the the Sydney Opera House Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem One night she went to see an opera at The Sydney Opera House; well, no, not quite An opera. Other ones...
by phillipw | Sep 10, 2026 | DI, PR, SE
Spirals like Dante’s Circles of the Inferno Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Don’t let the beauty of the seashells fool You. Beauty is a scam. These gorgeous shells In shape of twirling trumpets or a...
