by phillipw | Aug 19, 2026 | OS, SH, SY, WI
Shakespeare and Mellow Synesthesia Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Our poetry allows the best of realms. Vanilla taste is heard and seen. Rhyme’s smell Can be a velvet touch. At poets’ helms Directions...
by phillipw | Aug 18, 2026 | CL, FE, GI, MA, OR, PU, SE, SY
Conflated Conception Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A cicada cries And cries. It is an orangey Red paper windmill. ~ Issa [Englished by Phillip Whidden] The windmill blades in swirl become the swish Of...
by phillipw | Aug 18, 2026 | CH, ST, WE
Waste Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Weeping Cherry” by Charles Randall Stanfield He wasted mornings in his day. He kissed Away the moment where he could have set A sonnet on the cosmos. ...
by phillipw | Aug 18, 2026 | LO, OS, SE, WI
I Do “To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.” ~ Oscar Wilde The others have not ever felt the way I do. At least I think that they have not. How could they? I am me and they are they. Their hearts are theirs. My mind has never taught Me how to read...
by phillipw | Aug 18, 2026 | CH, ST
As It Ever Was, Has Ever Been, and As It Ever Shall Be, A Man Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Our meetings are beginnings of God’s end. The lives of men are all endurance till They part. He raised his...
by phillipw | Aug 17, 2026 | CE, CR, GA, GR, LA, OL, SP
“As if you could kill time without injuring eternity” ~ Henry David Thoreau, Walden Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Whatever can it be that people do When not composing poetry or songs, Sung sonnets,...
by phillipw | Aug 17, 2026 | MA
Queen Margaret of Scotland Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem His wife returned to him inside his dreams. In hyperdreams in nearly nightmares scenes Two wandered round together though it seems They walked...
by phillipw | Aug 17, 2026 | Sonnet
The Meanings of Trees Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The placement of the painting makes it face Towards the ancient spreading oak tree there Beyond his window pane as if the place For weeping cherry...
