by phillipw | Oct 22, 2025 | DI, EM
The Gnome of Amherst Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem This gnome, who speaks in gnarled-down code and not In silk-like lengths in yarn (not knitted like The lines of others) and in which each knot She adds...
by phillipw | Oct 22, 2025 | DE, EA, LE
Iridescent Fate Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Our souls (which don’t exist) are like a moth Embossed with steel of pin behind the glass, Displays of them against a velvet cloth Too kind and soft for...
by phillipw | Oct 21, 2025 | LO, RE, RO, SE
Life, Love and Faith Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem To make a point of living is to miss The point. Just live and live. Just love and love. Those make the points. Just live to give that kiss, Lips,...
by phillipw | Oct 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Farts Club Band I’m not at all that sure that warmth from sun And warmth inside me when I think of you Are universal unity, that One In Eastern Thought. That Eastern thinking crew Might be quite right. I have my doubts. “Within You and without...
by phillipw | Oct 21, 2025 | PO, SI
Fish Hauled in as Galaxies Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A poem casts its net, spreads wide across Much more than sea, across the oceans, wide Across the cosmos, snags the Southern Cross And nebulae,...
by phillipw | Oct 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
Know Thyself Alone Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The dream was heaving like a nightmare, more Like being drowned beneath an iceberg set To sail forever where there is no shove. The dream was like...
by phillipw | Oct 21, 2025 | TH
Supernal Early Dawn and Clouds’ Drizzle Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem by Phillip Whidden These two are not their opposites since they Are both together one. A night of drudge Blends two with heaven,...
by phillipw | Oct 20, 2025 | DE, SE
Red is the Color of my True Love’s Hair Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The thing you do not have is dark red hair. If you had that, I’d let you crawl across My chest and stomach to my moving pair Of...
