by phillipw | Aug 18, 2026 | CH, ST, WE
Waste Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Weeping Cherry” by Charles Randall Stanfield He wasted mornings in his day. He kissed Away the moment where he could have set A sonnet on the cosmos. ...
by phillipw | Aug 18, 2026 | CH, ST
As It Ever Was, Has Ever Been, and As It Ever Shall Be, A Man Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Our meetings are beginnings of God’s end. The lives of men are all endurance till They part. He raised his...
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 5, 2026 | CH, PH, ST
Meaning Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If time has meaning, you are it. If days And nights, millennia and eons bear Some meaning as a stretched out, straightened maze, You fill them with your blackest,...
by phillipw | Jul 30, 2026 | BU, CH, EN
Pinus Buddha Dark not yet turned to Buddhas, venerable pines Hold dreams in heart rings. ~ Issa [Englished by Phillip Whidden] “While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.”...
by phillipw | Jul 30, 2026 | CH, LO, ST, UN
Only Feelings Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Events don’t matter. No. Not really. They, At least the later ones, are too like sleep That lacks real dreams, like lovers as they splay Their thighs in...
