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...