by phillipw | May 19, 2026 | AU, BR, BU, FL, Ho
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...
by phillipw | May 18, 2026 | Uncategorized
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...
by phillipw | May 18, 2026 | PO
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...
by phillipw | May 18, 2026 | RO, Uncategorized
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...
by phillipw | May 17, 2026 | FR, MA, PH
Because Their Matter Is Not Consummate “Perfection wrought of love and pain” ~ Alfred, Lord Tennyson—lover of Arthur Hallam In Memoriam A.H.H., Canto XXXIX • Line 11 “Love one another with a pure heart fervently. See that ye love one another.” “Already the words are...
