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...
by phillipw | Jan 24, 2026 | BE, DE, Ho, YO
Across the Cosmos Desire Gets What Nature Dooms Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The egg desires to be a larva. It Desires to be a pupa. That desires To grow transparent wings to fly, then flit From...
by phillipw | Jan 24, 2026 | CH, DE, Ho, ME
Death, Prepare the Cosmic Shroud Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem All beauties that desire to grow accept The iron* law of change, for growth is change. The holy monkish spiritual adept** Presumes this...
