by phillipw | Feb 20, 2026 | CO, CU, FU, SE, Uncategorized
This is a sexually explicit sonnet. Do not read it or look at its illustration if sexually explicit material will offend you. Do not complain since you were warned. Hedonism as Heroic Truth Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern...
by phillipw | Jan 25, 2026 | CO, ME
Contemplative Moon Mood Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The blossoms on the plum limb disappear As slowly as the moon is rising. Day Allows our sight of them but beauty sheer As theirs begins to fade...
by phillipw | Jan 18, 2026 | CA, CO, PA, PE, SA
The Flame of Modesty Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Some Catholic priests must savor losing face, The screened confessional providing Christ’s Humility for them. His helpful grace Gives pious...
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,...