by phillipw | Oct 11, 2026 | CA, CO, FR, JO, KE, LO, MA
Nameless Blossoms Reign Supreme Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter” I wear real flowers he gave me in my head. He bought them, really, in a pot beside...
by phillipw | Oct 9, 2026 | AU, CA, SI, WH, WI
Glorious Cape Canaveral Soprano Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He finds himself unable to construe The dead gardenia plant among the stone Grave markers any other meaning’s true Construction than a...
by phillipw | Sep 25, 2026 | CA, SA
Holes, Scorched and Otherwise Deep Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Hope and promise fill Eyes; white castle on the hill Of youngest leaves green. ~ Buson [Englished by Phillip Whidden] The harshest...
by phillipw | Sep 18, 2026 | CA, CO, LO, SO
White and Black Separation Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Though strange, the truth remains, as strange as blue Of irises in black man’s face. The truth Is loneliness occurs in nature. Jazz blue Is not...
by phillipw | Aug 26, 2026 | CA, WH, WO
1920s Earthbound Boyhood without Apollo Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The people with their gilt have left their house With boards across the doors. The windows, too, Are barred, but still the boy, a...
by phillipw | Aug 14, 2026 | AN, CA, OE, PU, SO
Antigone Hangs Herself with Her Bridal Veil Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The audience desires a swollen purge, Says Aristotle. In the tragic mode The people want the playwright’s tricks to urge To a...
