by phillipw | Jun 2, 2026 | MA
The Poet not the Critic Sees the Truth Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The willow cutting, grown, Becomes a holy place with lights, The fireflies floating. ~ Issa [Englished by Phillip Whidden] The critic...
by phillipw | May 25, 2026 | CO, MA, ON, PE, SE, TE, TH
Him to Hymn Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “I am driven to a fine extremity; this limb of mine is mine own.” ~ Merry Wives of Windsor, III, sc. 5 His Him parts cause the hymn. You...
by phillipw | May 24, 2026 | DO, GR, MA, TR
A Don Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The strength of knowledge is too like an arm With muscles that are honed by taking drugs And gobs of protein, but tremendous harm Can come to strength by...
by phillipw | May 17, 2026 | FR, MA, PH
Because Their Matter Is Not Consummate “Perfection wrought of love and pain” ~ Alfred, Lord Tennyson—lover of Arthur Hallam In Memoriam A.H.H., Canto XXXIX • Line 11 “Love one another with a pure heart fervently. See that ye love one another.” “Already the words are...
by phillipw | May 12, 2026 | MA
All for Fun, if Fun to Ball — and Not Just Video Games Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem All things are manufactured by man’s skill From plastic, cotton, chemicals and steel For taste and pleasure,...
by phillipw | Apr 24, 2026 | MA, PA, RO
The Moth for the Testosterone Star Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem One truth that adolescence taught you hard Is loving is far better than the love You get. Both tall and sharper than the Shard In...
