by phillipw | Aug 3, 2026 | EP, FR, PO, TR
“mental squint””mental squint” Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary “mental squint” Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary...
by phillipw | Aug 3, 2026 | FR, PO, WA, WH
“The straightforward pathway had been lost.” ~ Dante Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Far from the madding crowd’s ignoble strife Their sober wishes never learned to stray.”...
by phillipw | Aug 3, 2026 | BY, CI, KE, SE, SH
Balancing Ballads with Ballsiness: Poets Need Whores and Holes, not Mercy Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The cicada is Seen when it stops its crying, Flying in silence. ~ Shiki [Englished by Phillip...
by phillipw | Aug 3, 2026 | MU
“Where Are the Women?” Cry Their Lovers Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The garden in the morning when no eyes Or ears are there, when no one’s nose goes past The petals and perfume of rose; the skies Of...
by phillipw | Aug 2, 2026 | AN, AP
Religion Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The guiding paths are lost and rank with grass And weeds. Millennia have seen slabs racked With earthquakes. In this space where gods might pass, If they were real...
by phillipw | Aug 1, 2026 | Sonnet
Yella Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Driech Lothian of downcast clouds holds glows Of rapeseed fields of flowers, their yella trite With brightness since the population knows The truth. They know that...
by phillipw | Jul 31, 2026 | Ho, OR
Developments Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Late from cherry scenes, Views, now across the land we Move, home afar off. ~ Buson [Englished by Phillip Whidden] We come to see the orange blossoms of Our...
by phillipw | Jul 30, 2026 | SP
One of Us Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The spider plump with young hangs sinister With threat. That threat is still… still… still… She… waits Complicit with death to administer...
