by phillipw | Jan 1, 2026 | CO, FA, FU, PE
The Journey and the Goal He stuck his joystick, full, inside the hole. He used the instrument to choose the way To go, directions, speed and slowed control. He used a masterful and swaggering sway And gentle entry and re-entry for New thrills. He moved it more to...
by phillipw | Oct 29, 2025 | BR, CO, DE, DI, MA, WH
Stepping Into the Ambulance that Would Take Her to the Thames Valley Hospice Margaret Arbuckle Paterson Graham Whidden When I love thee not, Chaos is come again. ~ Shakespeare, Othello “Courage is life, living. Life is change; change is suffering; the will to...
by phillipw | Oct 12, 2025 | CO, PH, SE, WH
http://www.phillipwhidden.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Phillip-and-Shakespeare-sonnets-WhatsApp-Video-2025-08-19-at-22.14.39_23e1182e.mp4 Someone Like the Christ Who Cleansed the Temple Speaks from the Tomb When I am gone, dead gone, have left behind My scribblings,...
by phillipw | Sep 14, 2025 | AS, CO, EV, TH, Uncategorized
“For God is Love” ~ 1 John 4:8 Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Galaxies eating each other It is as if the cosmos is one jaw But huge because composed of trillions, more Than that, uncountable. A...
by phillipw | Sep 7, 2025 | CO, NE, TW, Uncategorized
The Connecticut Twin Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem I dreamed I had a twin up north, more twin Than not, not quite conjoined and not the same; . . . Identical in soul. Loves underpin Our...
by phillipw | Aug 31, 2025 | CO, NE, TW, Uncategorized
“And the fiery heart of youth” I dreamed I had a twin up north, more twin Than not, not quite conjoined but closely same, Identical in soul, New England spin Inside us both. A pheasant’s breast aflame With afternoon’s Connecticut light rays Revealed this relative...
