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Lepidoptera Pilgrims

      Lepidoptera Pilgrims Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem They flick from flower onto flower, ways And ways, but as a broken way of flicks And flutters, flickering through religious days; Or, if as moths...

Trying

Trying Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The butterfly flicked Along as if it despaired Of this fluttering world. ~ Issa [Englished by Phillip Whidden] We try to see inside our minds and hearts The buzzing...

Son of a Beekeeper and a Housewife

Son of a Beekeeper and a Housewife The mare, his mother, Stands her ground beside her foal. He drinks from a stream. ~ Issa [Englished by Phillip Whidden] Like me you probably remember days On end, clean decades by your childhood’s stream When all was clear, not even...

Quintessential Equine Spring

Quintessential Equine Spring Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The foal sticks out his Pink and brown snout to sniff at Purple irises. ~ Issa [Englished by Phillip Whidden] The cosmos brought together...

More Like Exoplanets

More Like Exoplanets Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The planets, Saturn, Jupiter and those Beyond we know about, a bit; but slight Our grasp of them.  We know them like the floes Of Arctic ice, but...