by phillipw | Aug 18, 2026 | CL, FE, GI, MA, OR, PU, SE, SY
Conflated Conception Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A cicada cries And cries. It is an orangey Red paper windmill. ~ Issa [Englished by Phillip Whidden] The windmill blades in swirl become the swish Of...
by phillipw | Jun 15, 2026 | CL, EP, LO, RO, UR, WI, YE
Mount Nebo Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We do not want to dress in loss of dreams, Forgetfulness our robe. Our memories clothe Our meaning. They enwrap with sacred seams. We look for ways for...
by phillipw | Apr 12, 2026 | CL, DE, EP, ET, FU, MI, SA, Uncategorized
Flown to Rest Forever and Forever Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The valley leads to distance and to clouds. Beyond them comes horizon that we see With seer’s mind’s eye through the evening shrouds. Then...
by phillipw | Mar 19, 2026 | AG, AS, CL, MI, Uncategorized
Smug Butchness Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If he could have a son all by himself No wife or woman messing up the genes; Or if from inner universe’s shelf He fused with malest heart’s and mind’s...
by phillipw | Jan 2, 2026 | CL, ET, EX, OR, SE, TI
Scientific Lucifer Knew a Thing or Two While Trapped in Sexless Heaven Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We struggle now to understand not just Eternity but time. The Einsteins might Explain it but in...
by phillipw | Dec 4, 2025 | CL, FR, JU
The Archetypal Architecture of the Blind She lived inside a moment where her clocks Ticked out the moments but from one to three, That’s all, a very certain cube-like box Of circumscribed doctrinal certainty. For her those things like dreams are more for Freud Or...
