by phillipw | Apr 22, 2026 | AU, GA, LA, NI, SI, TI, WH, WI
Lagrange Cemetery Waiting for Death Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The shadows of the trees and Spanish moss Fall down upon the gravestone and the grass. Those shadows, almost ghost-like, fall across The...
by phillipw | Apr 21, 2026 | CO, NE, PH, PI, Uncategorized
A Florida Boy Feels Destiny While Approaching Hartford and Knows the Healing of Blue Wounds Under Connecticut’s Blue Sky Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem con “the blueness of a wound” ~ Proverbs 20:30 The car that took...
by phillipw | Apr 21, 2026 | CH, JE, LU, SI, Uncategorized
Lucichrist Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He spoke that single word to me and all The universe was swallowed in a blink. He spoke. All other words became a sprawl And then I knew I had no need to...
by phillipw | Apr 20, 2026 | AE, BE, ES, PH
The Pheasant’s Scratched Face Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The pheasant scratches At its beautiful male face With its spurs, spurs, spurs. ~ Kikaku [Englished by Phillip Whidden A writer says the...
by phillipw | Apr 19, 2026 | DI, PH
Lovely Colored as Lucifer Before His Fall Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The pheasant, once a copper reptile, now A Buddha bird, encompasses the world. His beauty has a past of slaughter’s brow, Blood’s...
by phillipw | Apr 19, 2026 | BU, MO, NU, SA, Uncategorized
A Japanese Francis and Clare Would Penetrate the Truth Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The monks and abbot snore away beneath The temple tiles and nearby mountain, calm In each dimension. Scenes like...
by phillipw | Apr 19, 2026 | BA, DI, IG, ST
Sanctified Clash of Keys in the Ballet Petrushka Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The skylark sings above the urban square Of green and oaks enclosed within the streets And offices and houses. Everywhere...
by phillipw | Apr 18, 2026 | Uncategorized
Clair de Lune Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When evening creeps on earth, the skylarks drift Below their highest singing. They sink down And change their sound and slowly, sadly shift To gentlest...
