by phillipw | Jun 7, 2026 | BI, CO, DE, HE, Sonnet
Heaven and Earth Are Full Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Pleni sunt cæli et terra gorya tua. Both Heaven and earth are full of sly, gory Results of thy creation. Black holes eat The matter and the light...
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 | Mar 21, 2026 | BI, BL, FR, LO, MA, RO
Blended Blood Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I want your blood inside my heart. I want My blood inside your auricles, your Enlarging ventricles. I want to haunt Them all with scarlet love. I want...
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...
