by phillipw | Dec 19, 2025 | AU, DE, LE
Ambiguity People are few. October leaves also fall, Here, there, now and then. ~ Issa [Englished by Phillip Whidden] The people come and go. As symbols they Lack wings unlike black Lucifer or God. The people are far fewer in the day Than leaves that flutter, wings...
by phillipw | Dec 1, 2025 | AU, DE, FA
Fall? But what if it’s an autumn leaf? Can you Lean back to April and the early spring? If so, the challenge will be making new From withered old. The leaf may be a wing October soon will send across the chill Of air, Vermont in varying leaf veins Of yellow,...
by phillipw | Oct 23, 2025 | AU, DI, DO, EV, WI
Siniquity The cleansing of the temple and the deaths Of Ananias and Sapphira failed To scrub the world of all its worst bad breaths. Along came Donald tRUMP—and Hitler sailed To power. Pol Pot and Stalin rose to heights Of depths. Queen Mary burned the...
by phillipw | Oct 20, 2025 | AU, DE
Certain, Contented Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Great minds insist that we should all embrace What comes our way. The greatness of this thought Implies that there is not a hiding place From beauty or...
by phillipw | Sep 8, 2025 | AU, BE, FA
Snow or Frost on an Autumn Leaf Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem From where does beauty come, from lipstick kiss (From blood bright mouth), from blue of butterfly Before the pin is struck through...
by phillipw | Apr 11, 2025 | AR, AU, LA, LO, MI, Uncategorized, WI
Notes on a Forgotten Burial Ground Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The cemetery where his aunts lie deep Beneath the sand of Florida hulks deaf To poetry. This trio lies in sleep Far lower than a...
