by phillipw | Jun 27, 2026 | Sonnet
Words, after all, are not only words “Words: Which have no words” ~ Shelley Not much imagination is required To start a sonnet. Find your courage. Start. The words and scheme take over. As desired They soon possess you like a demon. Heart And mind aren’t...
by phillipw | Jun 27, 2026 | EM, HE, TH, WA, WH
Eyes for Seeing The curse, the pang with which they died, Had never passed away; I could not draw my eyes from theirs, Nor lift them up to pray. ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge Their eyes still stare through death that you and I Cannot...
by phillipw | Jun 27, 2026 | Sonnet
Where Colorlessness Comes From Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The silence comes as The maple or chestnut leaf Sinks through pond water. ~ Shôhaku, Englished by Phillip Whidden A red and yellow maple leaf...
by phillipw | Jun 27, 2026 | WE
Provoking the Willow Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We push aside the willow branches, hand In motion, leaves in motion by the wind Then by our fingers, palms and wrists. No grand Significance results,...
by phillipw | Jun 26, 2026 | Sonnet
Dog DNA Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Bing Videos A puppy is a puppy and a dog A dog. When each is sleeping, it remains Itself, exact. There’s nothing like a fog In dogginess. There are no feline...
