by phillipw | Oct 22, 2025 | BI, FA, HU, Uncategorized
“New Year’s Day”; and “Poet Paradox Pushes away Opposition”—Two Unrelated Sonnets This is the 4,000th post of sonnets by Phillip Whidden on this website. Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem New Year’s Day...
by phillipw | Sep 13, 2025 | DE, DO, FA, PR, Uncategorized
Oversight Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Let’s face it: each man lives according to His nature, be it good or evil — both — Whatever. Dracula puts stakes straight through, Down...
by phillipw | Sep 13, 2025 | DE, DO, FA, Uncategorized
Willful Total Fusion Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A doom is doom no matter what. Leaves flee Their limbs while autumn winds flash cold and tear At them, but then dead leaves can never see The...
by phillipw | Sep 8, 2025 | AU, BE, FA
Snow or Frost on an Autumn Leaf Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem From where does beauty come, from lipstick kiss (From blood bright mouth), from blue of butterfly Before the pin is struck through...
by phillipw | Jul 17, 2025 | CO, FA, Uncategorized
Beside Our High Speed Highways; Pastures Ever Few The times when cows in pastures graze the green Of day and look about in calm not far From farm-house mornings are less seldom seen. We buzz past barns that hide the scar Of soul-less dairies, cows cooped up alone In...
by phillipw | Jul 16, 2025 | BA, CO, FA, GR, VE
Metallic Extrusion The barn sits red beneath a silvery roof And tries to call up memories of the time When it contained the gentle step of hoof Of soft-breathed cows, but modern farming crime Has jammed the cows in separate pens alone Except for cows...
