by phillipw | Feb 14, 2026 | SE
Winds of Seasons MTheodern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The winds that pass never return. The wind of wilt-washed spring departs and, weak, Goes dying into summer. Grass and leaves And blooms give in...
by phillipw | Feb 14, 2026 | DE, LI, ZE
Munching Mare as Mother Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The zebra is not stripes. She is an eye Of liquid loveliness that looks at colt And looks for lionesses in their sly Approach with claws and...
by phillipw | Feb 14, 2026 | DE, Ho
Manic Depression Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When time feels hefty like a cube of stone That fills your chest and mind, not even notes Of Mendelssohn can lift the weight and tone Of hours. Not even...
by phillipw | Feb 14, 2026 | BE, JO, KE
The Museum of Music in Brussels Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem As spring is leaving, The weight of the biwa grows Too heavy for my ears. ~ Buson [Englished by Phillip Whidden] (The biwa, a Japanese...
by phillipw | Feb 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
Clash of Slumbers Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When he had finished sleeping in a stew Of nightmares, in a spider’s web of dreams The Id imposed, or soup of silk with glue To grasp and grip him in a...
