by phillipw | Aug 26, 2026 | FL, OR, Sonnet, SU
Memory Better than Sunny Daydream’s Ocean Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “And by mere playing go to heaven” ~ Henry Vaughan, “Childhood” in Silex Scintillans (1655) It is as if the river has submerged My...
by phillipw | Aug 18, 2026 | CL, FE, GI, MA, OR, PU, SE, SY
Conflated Conception Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A cicada cries And cries. It is an orangey Red paper windmill. ~ Issa [Englished by Phillip Whidden] The windmill blades in swirl become the swish Of...
by phillipw | Jul 31, 2026 | Ho, OR
Developments Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Late from cherry scenes, Views, now across the land we Move, home afar off. ~ Buson [Englished by Phillip Whidden] We come to see the orange blossoms of Our...
by phillipw | Apr 2, 2026 | OR, PE, Uncategorized
Flowers Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The flowers have only weakness, but then not. The flowers have only innocence of white And pink. This innocence does not tie knot Or turn to kink. Refusing...
by phillipw | Mar 30, 2026 | AC, OR
Astronomy Down Home Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Why people think we have to look to stars Is strange. Reds, yellows, whites and blues Are matched on earth. Quite far enough floats Mars. Why look at...
by phillipw | Mar 8, 2026 | BU, CH, FA, HI, IS, JU, OR, PR, RE, TR
The Spider Webs of Fibers Finer than Charmeuse Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We find ourselves between the basest hopes And silliest of fears. When still we find Ourselves despite religions and those...
