by phillipw | Dec 29, 2025 | DE, HA, Uncategorized
Haddocks’ Eyes Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A day of light starts To shine upon the heads of Netted pilchard eyes. ~ Buson [Englished by Phillip Whidden] The dawn comes up, so slow, so slow, yet not...
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 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Reader and the Writer The reader makes the writing what it wants To be, alive. Until that moment it Is dead black ink. That blackness only haunts The pages. Then the reader’s séance, wit And trancing mind call writing from its grave. The story or the poem lives...
by phillipw | Dec 26, 2025 | AS, MY, OR, PH, RE, Uncategorized
The Citrus Grove Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “root and all” ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson If you can see a perfect orange bloom, As most such blossoms are, and see them on Their darkling orange branch, and...
by phillipw | Dec 24, 2025 | LO, RO, Uncategorized
“Let no man wait within” ~ Thomas Merton He does not need to swallow bombs. He’s loved Enough. They taught him worse than Molotov Combustions. Those he loved . . . rejected, shoved Or silently exploded, “Bugger off.” He chewed on fuses. They of course did what A...
by phillipw | Dec 21, 2025 | MI, Uncategorized
“Go On, Guys!” Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem This sonnet contains language and sexual content that you may find offensive. If you think it might offend you, please do not read it. If you read it and...
