by phillipw | Apr 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
Homeless Sweet Homeless Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Most animals make do without a house Of any kind. Beneath the sky of veldt They browse and scratch their fur to shift a louse, Their only roof the...
by phillipw | Apr 7, 2026 | JA, SP, UG, Uncategorized, WA
In Time and Times and Out of Time Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The white of the camellia is white, As white as white has been for eons long Before a woman or a man had sight To worship it. Pink sits...
by phillipw | Apr 6, 2026 | CH, ME, RE, SA, Uncategorized
Revelation and Satori Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A black night of stars: Cherry petals are falling; Water, rice seedlings. ~ Buson [Englished by Phillip Whidden] The black of night with stars implies...
by phillipw | Apr 5, 2026 | JU, MO, SA, Uncategorized, WH
And They Despise Villanelles, Too Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The near rectangularity of shape Of sonnets tempts at least a few to scorn Them: “Set too strict!’’ “Too much like freedom’s rape!’’ They...
by phillipw | Apr 4, 2026 | Uncategorized
Pitiless Rows of Wheat Around the World Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The clouds aloof they Toil on in paddies under The Southern Mountains. ~ Shiki, Englished and reconceived by Phillip Whidden The...
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...
