by phillipw | Jul 29, 2019 | MA
Blond Manliness He has this hair that sweeps across his head In ways that every waterfall would want. The thickness and the strenghts are currents spread Across his scalp, a gushing fountain’s flaunt Of blondness mixed with undercurrents. These Are shadow...
by phillipw | Jul 29, 2019 | LE
A Wintry Gift From ghostofelberry.wordpress.com According to Leigh Fermor, Keats was found In rooms filled up with antlers in a schloss castle Which Patrick visited. A Horace bound In gilding and in green he took across The continent. A sixteen hundreds book, It...
by phillipw | Jul 29, 2019 | AR
Arctictis binturong Photo by Bart Van den Bosch Confusingly Arctictis binturong Is called a bear and also called a cat. Its tail is furry long and very strong And when the beast’s asleep it’s hairy flat. It wields its furred prehensile tail (rope-like...
by phillipw | Jul 29, 2019 | FR
A Sheen of Strength A sheen of strength more powerful than gold Shines svelte on outer surfaces of glass, A beauty far more powerful and old Than gilding. Spreading out across the grass This April morning is an hour that brings Its joy to beast and plant alike. A...
by phillipw | Jul 29, 2019 | CA
Unsentimental The frozen tarn, so dark below, so bright Across its surface, can’t be happy, sad Or feel emotion, either black or light. Above it rime-trimmed saplings cannot gad About in frolics, move in mourning or Have feelings harbored in their swaying hearts...
