by phillipw | Jul 9, 2026 | FL, HU, TI, TO, TU
The Wind Moved Upon the Waters and Covered the Waters with Slapstick Fun Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The hurricane calmed down. We looked upon The wreckage caused by wind and rain and God. Our...
by phillipw | Mar 15, 2026 | AZ, HU, RO, SA, Uncategorized
Et Tu, Romantic Love? Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem You know caress and cramming force combined. You know exactly what is meant. The flight Arises from caress. Cramming does the grind That causes...
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 | Apr 28, 2025 | HE, HU
A Heedlessness in Rhythm The day does not repeat me as scar lights When it comes round. I happen to be there. That’s all. I’m not repeated in star lights Or planet lights in evening. There’s no pair Of Mars and Venus speaking me to sky,...
by phillipw | Feb 24, 2025 | HU
Where Sandspurs and Mosquitoes Thrive Modern poetry modern verse conteFmporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem For Matt Gaetz In Florida the afternoons are a parched With crush of slugs called damp and guck and heat. The slugs leave slime on...
by phillipw | Sep 16, 2022 | HU
The Religion of a Hummingbird, Shimmering Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If I had wings, I’d flap them fifty beats Per millisecond. I would drink the juice Of see-through fuschias by the golden...
