by phillipw | Sep 3, 2026 | BE, SN
A Decade Fades but Boomerangs Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Those niggling nightmares are the worst though not In their intensity. That bully years ago With pimpled puss who threatened like a clot Of...
by phillipw | Aug 20, 2026 | AB, BE, DR, GE, SW, YA
Synthesis Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He sleeps away the German afternoon. He has to sleep because no friend will go To swim with him. Inside his dreams now swoon As if he swims with calm. Their...
by phillipw | Aug 17, 2026 | BE, CH, DE, LO, ST, UG
Twirls Lacking in Lost Trees Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Entering the summer Grove, he finds no trace of Charles. No hint remains. None. ~ Shiki [Englished by Phillip Whidden Just once I went with...
by phillipw | Aug 16, 2026 | BE, BI, CO, GA, PO, RE, SA, SE
Slave Owner Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “whipping Courtenay in some posture or another” The Gothick lover Beckford bends to whip His boy. The whipper bends himself in shape That shocks...
by phillipw | Aug 12, 2026 | AE, AP, BE, ES, MA
Long After Greek Scrolls Long AftƏr GrƏƏk Scrolls Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Library Streaking The streaks of black across that treble brow Were carved in Heaven but inspired by Hell. Streaks...
by phillipw | Jul 9, 2026 | BE, SE, SN
Grave Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem the empty words of a dream Remembered on waking ~ Robert Bridges, “I Love All Beauteous Things” Too much like words of Lucifer who wakes From falling...
