by phillipw | Sep 10, 2026 | DI, PR, SE
Spirals like Dante’s Circles of the Inferno Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Don’t let the beauty of the seashells fool You. Beauty is a scam. These gorgeous shells In shape of twirling trumpets or a...
by phillipw | Sep 8, 2026 | FA, PR, SC
Blind Seers Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The fact defined lacks sense, the sense that hearts Desire. The meaninglessnesses of facts Are multiplied because there are no charts From blanks to show our...
by phillipw | Sep 7, 2026 | PR
Brutus, the Armored Stoic The axe bites the trunk Of the cherry-blossom tree; The snail moves, serene. ~ Baishatsu [Englished by Phillip Whidden This snail inside its moving home in rain Or sunlight crawls as calm as cherry blooms. S(h)e never broods on jealous...
by phillipw | Aug 27, 2026 | PR
Daintiest Delicacies Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The micro-mollusks have been hiding down Beneath the Papua New Guinea waves. In billions they are dressed in spiralled gown And fairy frock, and...
by phillipw | Aug 8, 2026 | CA, CO, DI, PH, PR, RO
Sexual Thrills Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Though night comes on, the rich shoot pheasants still. The greed of riches stretches wide, more wide Than range of gloss on colors now, though chill The...
by phillipw | May 28, 2026 | AN, BE, LO, PR, RO
A. P. & Zh. Zh. Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem From school to school, from same to same, not same In some, he lived with beauty, beauties not The same. In one there was that one not tame, Of...
