by phillipw | Dec 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
Uh, Uhh, UHHHHH! Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We think and then we feel. Behind the thought Of death our lives peek out. They whisper or At least they push aside what death has taught. Behind the...
by phillipw | Dec 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
An Endless Strung Out Gordian Knot “Ihm gleich” bezeichnet noch immer Fremdheit und Ferne. Darum ist die Seele Gott nicht gleich, sondern vielmehr ist sie mit ihm “allzumal gleich,” und dasselbe das er ist.” ~ Meister Eckhart [“Like Him” still denotes...
by phillipw | Dec 9, 2025 | DO, JO, Uncategorized
Death Be Taut, Proud Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Death never can be killed. If death could think That, it would be as calm as light, as calm As darkness. Death could smell the faithful stink...
by phillipw | Dec 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Magic Circle Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem It’s strange, but, still, he wears that golden thing. He doesn’t know quite why. It’s like a weight That can’t come off, this wedding golden ring....
by phillipw | Dec 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
This post is the 4,100th post on this website. Because the useless tools provided by WordPress do not allow the creator of the website, Phillip Whidden, to distinguish a post that is just one sonnet from a post that has more than one sonnet in it, readers need to be...
by phillipw | Dec 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Woman Contributed Cleanliness but Not What He Craved Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem You are like a Delphic Sibyl — but made Of marble like the temple pillars. You Are like a moveless oracle of jade,...
