by phillipw | Sep 16, 2026 | BE, CH, DE, ET, LI, SP
The Swerving Through the Deep Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The shell is more than spiral only, more Than time, mere time. The nautilus lies curled In time and in eternity, the shore Between them where...
by phillipw | Sep 8, 2026 | AE, BE, ES, SP, TR
Mollusks and Modern Poetry Editors Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The loveliness which shapes the look of shells On snails is something snails can never clasp. Their sense of beauty has no swelling...
by phillipw | Sep 7, 2026 | BE, NI, PA
Blonde Rosebuds Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Beyond the rosebuds or the deaths in gas In Auschwitz and beyond translucent trails Snails leave behind, beyond the ice crevasse Of Everest and beyond black...
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...
