by phillipw | May 31, 2026 | DE
Ruthless Do not forget that darkness drifts along Forever and when galaxies are gone The darkness, deepened, will go on . . . more long . . . Than light could dream of. Then no dawn Will ever drag itself above that night. No planet will experience the rise...
by phillipw | May 26, 2026 | DE, GR, TR
Beauty Dejected Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem His face is sad and wonked today, his work As heavy as a weighted wing that will Remain a broken crash. He cannot shirk The crush of tasks, and so...
by phillipw | May 22, 2026 | DE, FI, Ho, WO
Chine-jo’s Death Haiku . How easily it Glows, easily it goes out, The fire-fly blink. ~ Chine-jo [Englished by Phillip Whidden] . The worker bee goes out; comes in from bloom To bloom; from hour to hour. She brings Her nectar; brings it; finds an eight-sides room To...
by phillipw | May 21, 2026 | AN, DE, DI, GO, RE
Pilgrims at Terror Creek “There is no effort on my brow, I do not strive,* I do not weep; I rush with the swift spheres and glow In joy, and when I will, I sleep.” ~ Matthew Arnold [speaking in the voice of Nature], Mortality Decaffeinated nature...
by phillipw | Apr 30, 2026 | CH, DE
The Grass in the Cemetery is the Same Green as the Grass Beneath the Cherry Blossoms Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When cherry blossoms scatter and are dead Upon the ground, will they consider me? Just...
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...
