by phillipw | May 28, 2026 | Ho, TR
At the Center of Concentric Stars, Each of Equal Weight The helplessness of love that moves the earth, The sea and stars is never lonely. Love’s Plight always spreads through Three. Eternal worth Is One, is Theirs, is Three. It is the Dove’s, The Father’s and the...
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 19, 2026 | AU, BR, BU, FL, Ho
Trying Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The butterfly flicked Along as if it despaired Of this fluttering world. ~ Issa [Englished by Phillip Whidden] We try to see inside our minds and hearts The buzzing...
by phillipw | Apr 30, 2026 | EA, Ho, NE, RA, SE
Down Near the Earlier Mediterranean Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem One hundred thousand years long gone in holes In southern Europe men and women chipped Out arrowheads. Long, long before first scrolls...
by phillipw | Mar 19, 2026 | Ho, HY, UN
Hypatia and the Horse Guards Man Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem She knows him like a film already seen Six times. He knows her like book in code Encrypted by an algorithm keen To block him in a keyboard...
by phillipw | Feb 14, 2026 | DE, Ho
Manic Depression Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When time feels hefty like a cube of stone That fills your chest and mind, not even notes Of Mendelssohn can lift the weight and tone Of hours. Not even...
