by phillipw | May 26, 2026 | LU, ME, SA
Tall and Big Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A man called life climbs up his marble stairs As lover, father, other pulsing parts Assigned to him, perhaps in different pairs, Half rhymes. Because we...
by phillipw | May 25, 2026 | CO, MA, ON, PE, SE, TE, TH
Him to Hymn Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “I am driven to a fine extremity; this limb of mine is mine own.” ~ Merry Wives of Windsor, III, sc. 5 His Him parts cause the hymn. You...
by phillipw | May 25, 2026 | PE, RO, Sonnet
Imagination Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We build up fancies in our minds too much, Like sonnets in a sequence, or a plot Inside a Mills and Boon romance. A touch Of madness like divine ideas is...
by phillipw | May 24, 2026 | DO, GR, MA, TR
A Don Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The strength of knowledge is too like an arm With muscles that are honed by taking drugs And gobs of protein, but tremendous harm Can come to strength by...
by phillipw | May 23, 2026 | CH, EA, HA, WA
His Gifts as Though in Bethlehem or Bodh Gaya Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “It will hardly be denied that even in this frail and corrupted world, we sometimes meet persons who, in their very mien and...
by phillipw | May 22, 2026 | DE, FI, Ho, WO
Chine-jo’s Death Haiku . How easily it Glows, easily it goes out, The fire-fly blink. ~ Chine-jo [Englished by Phillip Whidden] . The worker bee goes out; comes in from bloom To bloom; from hour to hour. She brings Her nectar; brings it; finds an eight-sides room To...
by phillipw | May 21, 2026 | AN, DE, DI, GO, RE
Pilgrims at Terror Creek “There is no effort on my brow, I do not strive,* I do not weep; I rush with the swift spheres and glow In joy, and when I will, I sleep.” ~ Matthew Arnold [speaking in the voice of Nature], Mortality Decaffeinated nature...
by phillipw | May 21, 2026 | AF
Oddness Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Your soul desires bioluminescence. It is this oddness of the soul that brings The shore’s envisaged rejuvenescence And gives those ghosts, religions, glimmering...
