by phillipw | Jun 2, 2026 | IM, TR
The Humor in Death Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The mass of humans feels a ghostly pulse Inside their minds because those brains are weak. The thought of death makes all of them convulse With...
by phillipw | Jun 2, 2026 | MA
The Poet not the Critic Sees the Truth Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The willow cutting, grown, Becomes a holy place with lights, The fireflies floating. ~ Issa [Englished by Phillip Whidden] The critic...
by phillipw | Jun 2, 2026 | SA, WI
Endorphin Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The past is never finished, never gone. It comes to haunt you, ever living dead. It sucks tomorrow’s blood, today’s. A thrawn Dead Janet it refuses to be...
by phillipw | Jun 1, 2026 | BL, FA, RE
Shuttered Eyes in Billions Most people love the fictions from their youth Much more than factuality. They love Those fictions much, much more than manful truth. They hold divinity, as taught, above True common sense and truest science. Faiths Around the world all...
by phillipw | Jun 1, 2026 | Sonnet
The Throat and Mouth from which Exquisite Melody Flows Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Divine and human, music, mystic, sings Combined. The tenor or soprano sweeps The choir along. As seraphim’s gold...
by phillipw | May 31, 2026 | DE
Ruthless Do not forget that darkness drifts along Forever and when galaxies are gone The darkness, deepened, will go on . . . more long . . . Than light could dream of. Then no dawn Will ever drag itself above that night. No planet will experience the rise...
by phillipw | May 31, 2026 | AS, LO, RO
Lasting Lunar Love Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The way that Saturn has his rings though chilled, The way that moons are held in far embrace, The way that Ganymede is grasped and thrilled Is how I...
by phillipw | May 30, 2026 | RO, SE
Holiness in a Tennessee Dim Dusk in a Hollow Grove Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The light of life glows, coolness, and is light Within the firefly, life within its tail. This little greenness flashes...
