by phillipw | Jul 30, 2026 | AL, TE
What God and Man Are Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Not blossoms in the crevice of a wall, Not spread of leaves or stems to hold blooms out, Not promise of some soil for root and all . . . Instead a...
by phillipw | Jul 30, 2026 | PA, SP
Upstarts for the Whole Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A mass of spiderlings spreads out alone But yet together. Mothers do not mean One jot to eight-legged critters. Their new zone Is living killing. ...
by phillipw | Jul 30, 2026 | BU, CH, EN
Pinus Buddha Dark not yet turned to Buddhas, venerable pines Hold dreams in heart rings. ~ Issa [Englished by Phillip Whidden] “While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.”...
by phillipw | Jul 30, 2026 | CH, LO, ST, UN
Only Feelings Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Events don’t matter. No. Not really. They, At least the later ones, are too like sleep That lacks real dreams, like lovers as they splay Their thighs in...
by phillipw | Jul 13, 2026 | BR, MA, MI, Sonnet, WE
Snared Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Deeds are the pulse of Time, his beating life, And righteous or unrighteous, being done, Must throb in after-throbs till Time itself Be laid in stillness, and the...
by phillipw | Jul 13, 2026 | MO, TR
Go Away, Brutal Poets Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “The unripe grape, the ripe, the dried . . . All things are changes, not into nothing, but into that which is not present.” ~ Marcus Aurelius The...
by phillipw | Jul 12, 2026 | MA
Good Taste Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Although he doesn’t taste, he tastes as good As bourbon jazz on Bourbon Street. His teeth Taste good. His tongue tastes like a God’s tongue...
by phillipw | Jul 11, 2026 | AN, CI, DE, IM, IN, SE, SO, Sonnet
John 1:3 Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The insects and the birds sing out their sounds As if to make a choir of imps combined With seraphim all singing separate rounds Together, notes and screes of...
