by phillipw | Apr 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
Tank Tops and Less Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Orlando’s sun treads down upon the park, Eola, with its oddity, the spray Of water on a fountain (in the dark Effective but redundant in the day). This...
by phillipw | Apr 23, 2026 | AV, BI, MI
Long Departures to the Unknown For thousands and for thousands of our years The birds have flown away and flown above Us men and boys. We don’t drop down our tears To see those flights. Since, quite innocent of Our guilt, the birds abandon us for climes More...
by phillipw | Apr 23, 2026 | BR, DO, PH, Uncategorized, WH
Donald Anthony Whidden and Twenty-six Thousand Days Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The beach of long ago has gone. Long gone The sand and lacy waves are gone because Of life and death. This photo from...
by phillipw | Apr 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
Galore Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem His father used to say that in the sky Of Cape Canaveral’s autumn came one stark Hope, hope of countless birds who strained to fly, Their necks stretched...
by phillipw | Apr 22, 2026 | AE, AP, BE, MI, PR, TH
Apasra Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I met Miss Universe one night. Online The pics of her are not as beautiful As she herself was. She deserved a shrine. A royal woman she was dutiful About...
by phillipw | Apr 22, 2026 | AU, GA, LA, NI, SI, TI, WH, WI
Lagrange Cemetery Waiting for Death Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The shadows of the trees and Spanish moss Fall down upon the gravestone and the grass. Those shadows, almost ghost-like, fall across The...
by phillipw | Apr 21, 2026 | CO, NE, PH, PI, Uncategorized
A Florida Boy Feels Destiny While Approaching Hartford and Knows the Healing of Blue Wounds Under Connecticut’s Blue Sky Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem con “the blueness of a wound” ~ Proverbs 20:30 The car that took...
by phillipw | Apr 21, 2026 | CH, JE, LU, SI, Uncategorized
Lucichrist Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He spoke that single word to me and all The universe was swallowed in a blink. He spoke. All other words became a sprawl And then I knew I had no need to...
