by phillipw | May 28, 2024 | FL, MI, TI
Brown Not So Boring When Splashed with Blood Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Brown Not So Boring When Splashed with Blood Dead calm the town, the nearly coastal town, Lagoon its shore, that brackish...
by phillipw | May 27, 2024 | Uncategorized
Blackness Inside the Killer Whale’s Stomach Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem All day no word, no Speaking, the butterflies cast Their unseen shadows. ~ Hōsai (Englished by Phillip Whidden No matter quite...
by phillipw | May 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Truest Things Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The truest things stop mind or heart in mid Thought, beat. They halt the eyes. An April tree Is like the prophet saints who all forbid...
by phillipw | May 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
Earthly Passions Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A summer shower washed My face. Earthly passions fell, Gallons dropped away. ~ Kōyō [Englished by Phillip Whidden] What “earthly passions”...
by phillipw | May 26, 2024 | NO, RO, SE
The Pink of Gentle Hermione and White of John Paul II Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The lodger pauses, as he leaves, to gaze At blossoms in the border at the front —...
by phillipw | May 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Last Rose of December The last rose open looks up towards the sky. The sky does not look down but only spreads Itself. The flower unspeaking asks for dry December breezes. Fallen, other heads Speak silently from death and ground to say The coolness...
by phillipw | May 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He spent too many winter evenings with Her, drinking tea and cocoa at the best. The bedroom moments proved the myth Of marriage...
by phillipw | May 24, 2024 | LO, PE
Man and Woman Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem She tried repeating words he spoke to her About their marriage, marriage dry as love Without the lubricant just past the fur Between her...
