by phillipw | Mar 6, 2026 | BI, CA, SE
Oliver in the Gaze of Elio Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem They notice, each one, instantly, the first Few seconds of their meeting, not just young One in the eyes of older one. A burst Occurs (well, two...
by phillipw | Dec 12, 2025 | AM, BI, GA, Ho, LO
The True God 1 John 4:8 Do you desire to ruin God? Then turn Him to abstraction. Say that he is love Instead of Lover. Lovers want to burn Us, brand us, mark us, lift us up above With tongs of passion, fill us overspilled With liquid life, or send us spinning...
by phillipw | Oct 22, 2025 | BI, FA, HU, Uncategorized
“New Year’s Day”; and “Poet Paradox Pushes away Opposition”—Two Unrelated Sonnets This is the 4,000th post of sonnets by Phillip Whidden on this website. Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem New Year’s Day...
by phillipw | Apr 5, 2025 | BI, CA
Perfect Pearls and Baroque Pearls Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The rivers of Granada and of Spain Above it, like the Guadalquivir, feed Naranjas and olives, leave a stain Of beauty in the hearts...
by phillipw | Mar 2, 2025 | BI, LI, LO, Uncategorized
In the British Library and Later He spends his life among the books, the great Ones, yes, of course. He reads about men’s love, Of Lancelot for Guenevere, and hate When men love men. He asks himself, “When’s love If men love men and...
by phillipw | Mar 1, 2025 | BI, SA
Islands are Harbors for Spliced Love Sapho Sappho By Guillaume Baviere from Uppsala, Sweden – 2014-12-22, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=73289397 She sang about the love of him, of her. She had his hair in mind–and hers. ...
