by phillipw | Feb 15, 2026 | CH
No Contradiction Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Spring feels that it will last forever, pure As April air. It feels this way and yet It yearns for summer in itself. The cure For evermore is change. To...
by phillipw | Feb 7, 2026 | BU, CH, IN, MO, RE, SO
Fourteen, Twice Seven . . . and More Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The sonnet in its little zoom [or something like that} ~ Wordsworth The sonnet is a chrysalis, yet you Must open it. The creature,...
by phillipw | Feb 4, 2026 | CH, LA
The Good Shepherd Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The shepherd waits in patience by the rock And semi-arid plants. He looks beyond His sheep to skies. He cares about his flock Since some of them are...
by phillipw | Feb 4, 2026 | CH, LO, RO, ST
Purgatory or Hell Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When I am dead, I want to be a hot, Hot, hotter kind of smoke, the hottest smoke A ghost can be. I want this smoke, and not, For only you. I want to...
by phillipw | Feb 4, 2026 | CH, ST
Feral Nature and Feral God Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem And God smote him ~ 2 Samuel 6:7 Two things of beauty smashed by lighting, split From life, are proof that God does not exist. The tree was...
by phillipw | Jan 30, 2026 | CH, SH, ST, Uncategorized
Jesus and I Lose Him in the Fumes that Rise above the River Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When I looked around Over my shoulder, the man Was lost in his mist. ~ Shiki [Englished by Phillip Whidden] He...
