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...
by phillipw | Apr 2, 2026 | OR, PE, Uncategorized
Flowers Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The flowers have only weakness, but then not. The flowers have only innocence of white And pink. This innocence does not tie knot Or turn to kink. Refusing...
by phillipw | Apr 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
Simply Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The blossoms choose to be not symbols. Scents And shapes and colors are the words they use Instead. Their forms and hues reveal events Instead of meanings. They...
by phillipw | Apr 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
Moon Crazy Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The largest planets have too many spheres Around them, Jupiter with ninety-five And greedy wide-ringed Saturn commandeers So many that our lenses have to strive...
by phillipw | Apr 2, 2026 | BL, Uncategorized
Beauteous Blue Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If butterflies could fly above the grasp Of Earth, beyond the blue of sky, if they And moths could soar above an angel’s gasp; If sun and moon and...
