by phillipw | Sep 3, 2025 | HE, LO, MU, PA
Widespread Love Those lovers who love love are killers of It often, often as Black Widows eat The eagerness and guts of males who love Them, giving up their sperm and lives, complete The sacrifice to love and life. Love such As this is like Medea’s,...
by phillipw | Sep 3, 2025 | DE, LI, LO, LY, SO, ST
Never Mind Astrophel and Stella Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem http://www.phillipwhidden.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/star-exploding-208576_large.mp4 If sonnets are supposed to be about Love,...
by phillipw | Sep 2, 2025 | LO, SE
Never Still but Still How dangerous a poet set in Zen Might be is shown: erased Komachi mossed In centuries knowing all too well how men And women lose their love, how love is lost In bed — and everywhere, in incense burned More hotly than their lovers’ bodies...
by phillipw | Aug 2, 2025 | LE, LO, MA, PA, SH, WH
Shiva Mahadeva Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The warrior, Mahadeva, holds his love Upon his thighs, and nearby on a pond The lotuses bloom, pink. Nearby, above Them in a Hindu heaven space,...
by phillipw | Jul 11, 2025 | LO, PH, RO, Uncategorized
That Moment When You Fell in Love with Him or Her Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Whole years that fall away from memory float Out past to endless space and whether down Or up they move, they go to...
by phillipw | Jun 17, 2025 | BY, IN, LO, PO
Enola Gay and Heart Attacks Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poemFOR “where burning Sappho loved and sung” for Donald Anthony Whidden The duty of the poet is to turn The mild surprise, the...