by phillipw | Feb 11, 2026 | MU, OR, SI
The Nestling Pushing Out the Innocent Eggs Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The singing of the nightingale brings blood To spirit and a pure soprano brings The spirit blood. These two together thud The...
by phillipw | Feb 11, 2026 | BR, FL, TI
A Floral Little Florida Town Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The flowery fragrance flows so far it flows Across the concrete highway. Fragrance does Not know it should not cross the road. The...
by phillipw | Feb 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Fleshy Column of Nakedness “The bedclothes like the curtain torn from top to bottom in the temple by Michael’s hand and stained with his sweat” No question could have brought him forward to Attention of them — and no answer might. The greater gods look out with...
by phillipw | Feb 10, 2026 | AL, CA, LA, PA, SH, Uncategorized
Topsy-Turvey Mumblings of Deities Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When you are near enough to God, your Your true identity is scraped as if Divine A.I. is scanning you, one pure, Most wise identity, each...
by phillipw | Feb 10, 2026 | JU
The Kiss in His Light Blue Eyes “I change not” That kiss remains in memory, crimson, live Like marrow in the rib that’s nearest to Heart’s atria once inner organs sieve Life’s poisons out so anything dark blue Is cleansed away. That kiss remains throughout Six...
by phillipw | Feb 10, 2026 | LO, SP
Lovely Loneliness Is the Mood Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He has the springtime hilltops in his chest. They rise inside him with their ridges wrought In new-leaved green. Small mountains with each...
by phillipw | Feb 9, 2026 | HA, LO, MO, VI
The Beauty of the Body of Lord Hanuman Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A bird of prey delivered holy food for Anjana. Held up hands received the gift. Her eating of it made her womb to soar There in the...
by phillipw | Feb 9, 2026 | ET, NI
The Message of the Eternal Transference Tells You to Go to the Hopeless Hermitage of Life and Death There is no bridge where The sun is setting again. Ah. The spring water. ~ Buson [Englished by Phillip Whidden] The sun of our life is setting, we are all on our last...
