by phillipw | Apr 6, 2026 | PE, PR, SN
Serrated Dew-covered Blossoms Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The swaying of the snake across the pond Is beauty as we know it, as we seize The loveliness of life — and death beyond — If such a thing...
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 | AC, RE
Upon the Stage* Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem When people plant the rice in paddies, wade With wider steps among the mud thick rows, The men make wider strides as they evade Too many footsteps in the...
by phillipw | Apr 4, 2026 | AG, AT, BU, HI
The Artistic View Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem We work below the clouds but not apart From them. We all are far too much aligned Like rows in planting. We and clouds both start And finish...
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 3, 2026 | LO, RO
Thunder Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The tremors on a tropic shoreline shake Exotic flowers, (farther in the land Of jungle) on the island. Petals quake In sensitivity. Along the strand By ocean...
by phillipw | Apr 2, 2026 | HA, HE, SE, ST
The Consummate Flower Girl Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem He wishes for a voice as frail as pink In fading peonies except in bed While in her, wants her gestures like a mink Glove rubbing him until a...
by phillipw | Apr 2, 2026 | AU, FA, FL, GI, IN, SU, WI
If Only Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If only girls were more like flowers, their hands Like petals gesturing in breeze-blown loves Of innocence that burn like harmless brands, Or dressed in...
