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 | Jan 25, 2026 | FE, FR
The Neediness, Intensity and Rupture Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem She tried to trap him in her eyes, to hold Him there inside them, but of course her need Was for his body to be throbbing bold Inside...
by phillipw | Dec 6, 2025 | FE, MA, SE, SI
Romantic Male Love Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Today I saw a novel with the name A Song of Me and You. The order of The pronouns says it all. In loving’s game We’re tempted to remark in most men’s...
by phillipw | Sep 21, 2025 | AM, CH, FE, HE, RE
A Faith’s Pure Shrine Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem That rhyming verse which makes a big romance Of stuff besmirches truest poetry. It’s like Gestapo jackboots in a dance On heaps of bones...
by phillipw | Jul 31, 2025 | CL, FE, MA, SE
Lightening Up the Revelation Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Priests wonder if it’s easier for men To pitch themselves in mystic-ness since they Are swell acquainted with their thrusting when Whammed...
by phillipw | May 21, 2025 | FE, PA
Parastalks Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem [Obon, The Festival of the Dead in Japan] When pink, a perfect pink, becomes the tint Of death, you know that you are taken to . . ....
