by phillipw | Apr 24, 2026 | HA, HE, MI
The Brevity of Erato’s Emotions Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Imagination’s sea has haar upon It. If the sun is setting, then a red Embraces mist, yet if the sun in dawn Is wooing haze, then varied...
by phillipw | Apr 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
Tank Tops and Less Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem For Raymond Pike Orlando’s sun treads down upon the park, Eola, with its oddity, the spray Of water on a fountain (in the dark Effective but redundant in...
by phillipw | Apr 23, 2026 | AV, BI, MI
Long Departures to the Unknown For thousands and for thousands of our years The birds have flown away and flown above Us men and boys. We don’t drop down our tears To see those flights. Since, quite innocent of Our guilt, the birds abandon us for climes More...
by phillipw | Apr 23, 2026 | BR, DO, PH, Uncategorized, WH
Donald Anthony Whidden and Twenty-six Thousand Days Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The beach of long ago has gone. Long gone The sand and lacy waves are gone because Of life and death. This photo from...
by phillipw | Apr 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
Galore Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem His father used to say that in the sky Of Cape Canaveral’s autumn came one stark Hope, hope of countless birds who strained to fly, Their necks stretched...