by phillipw | Oct 11, 2026 | CA, CO, FR, JO, KE, LO, MA
Nameless Blossoms Reign Supreme Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter” I wear real flowers he gave me in my head. He bought them, really, in a pot beside...
by phillipw | Oct 11, 2026 | Sonnet, TR
Wisdom Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “We’ll be singing Jubilee” ~ Phillip Whidden Is Phillip Whidden still an S-d A? He still eats breakfast cereal, the dry Type, every morning. He...
by phillipw | Oct 11, 2026 | CH, ST
Scarface “In the image of God created he him” I will knock at your Gate in the darkness where white Petals disappear. ~ Kyorai [Englished by Phillip Whidden] I wish I had a scar across my face, A scar to force me always to recall You, hardness of your profile,...
by phillipw | Oct 10, 2026 | Sonnet
As Much an Idiot as Aristotle, Cicero, Ovid, Spenser and Shakespeare I will knock at your Gate in the darkness where white Petals disappear. ~ Kyorai [Englished by Phillip Whidden] By Ragesoss – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,...
by phillipw | Oct 10, 2026 | GE, JA, JE, MA, SA
For Jen and Maiko Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I wore a fake tiara once for both Of them, for students from my past. It was as if I then fulfilled my oath (Unspoken oath). One’s father was aghast...
