by phillipw | Apr 17, 2026 | SO
No Need for Seeing Eyes Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Bird thou ever wert You do not need to see the lark when song Fills air and sky. His voice alone prevents That need. His strength alone pulls...
by phillipw | Apr 15, 2026 | BL, PR, SI, SK, SO
Remember. Singing Goes on at Funerals. At day-break the song Of the skylark is ringing In the midst of rain. ~ Issa [Englished by Phillip Whidden The skylark chooses song despite the rain. The lark is dreaming of the sky when night And rain surround him. He refuses...
by phillipw | Mar 18, 2026 | SO, SP, WA
Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Immortal Soul The soul does not have smells like iron, the smell Of iron in blood. Your soul does not have flesh (The stench of flesh). The soul includes no shell To...
by phillipw | Mar 18, 2026 | NO, SO, SP
Vapor and Fragrance Float Far More Real than Spirits Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The soul is mist, the soul is haze because The soul does not exist. It isn’t haze Or mist since they are part of...
by phillipw | Mar 15, 2026 | SO
The Soul Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The soul is what is seeking us through death. When death is far away, it searches for Your soul in snapshots of the ones whose breath Is snuffed. The soul...
by phillipw | Feb 7, 2026 | BU, CH, IN, MO, RE, SO
Fourteen, Twice Seven . . . and More Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The sonnet in its little zoom [or something like that} ~ Wordsworth The sonnet is a chrysalis, yet you Must open it. The creature,...
