by phillipw | Feb 18, 2026 | AE, AP, BE, BY, CH, ES, LU, MA, RA, UM
Male Gaze Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem You see the people in the April rain. Perhaps they are umbrellas, not much more To you, or raincoats. They are like a stain On retinas and not much more. They...
by phillipw | Jan 31, 2026 | AS, AU, FA, MA, PA, Uncategorized
Solemn Piano Music Forever Ecstatic Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When autumn comes, it comes because it goes In everyone. Because it goes, it comes Outside and in us. Autumn does not doze But grows...
by phillipw | Jan 28, 2026 | MA
Unknown Hills Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem For Marsyas The many nameless hills around the world Remain unknown to almost everyone, Remain unnamed when spiritually swirled With haar and mist as if the...
by phillipw | Jan 13, 2026 | BE, IW, MA
Guys Expended for the Greater Bad Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When beautiful young men are killed, the sign They stand for towers over them. Forget Their armpits. Make their flag a holy shrine....
by phillipw | Dec 28, 2025 | AN, GA, MA, Uncategorized, VI
August is the Cruellest Month Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “And the angel departed” Luke 1:38 The morning of that life begins in dark Of Friday’s night, of Sabbath evening. Long, That...
by phillipw | Dec 20, 2025 | MA, ME, NE
Apple Blossoms and a Massachusetts Vista Beyond Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Heaven more distant Than the young man’s past, he dreams. Buddha does not help. ~ Phillip Whidden New England waits, my...
