by phillipw | Sep 23, 2019 | DE, DI, GO, HE, MY
Translucent Demigods The heroes of the past are god-like strong. Their loins are near pellucid in their power And beauty. Irridescent thighs are long In loveliness of maleness as they tower Above their plinths. These calves and biceps glow With inner force as marble...
by phillipw | Sep 22, 2019 | AE, BE, PO
…Plural Perfect Planets The ancient poets are like planets far Away in distant heaven, but for some These poets loom so near they almost jar Against our sentiments. These poets come Up over us like moons, they are so near In what they have to say. Our world is...
by phillipw | Sep 21, 2019 | DR
A Message from the Grave of Jim Morrison 0 Perhaps the boring facts in life are drugs. At least that was my own experience. I settled young to suckling at the dugs Of Using Druggish Momma, had no sense About how brilliant my mind was without That shit, and so I popped...
by phillipw | Sep 21, 2019 | FR
Patriotism and Pals ……………..Francis Bacon, Wikipedia 0 Francis Bacon, author of two early English essays on friendship, played a major legal role in the trial of his friend, the Earl of Essex, helping to get him...
by phillipw | Sep 21, 2019 | Ho, SI
The Torn Shirt Morning 0 Your stream of frank sincerity has talked Him out of love—of loving you, I mean— Attempts at sentiment too often blocked By honesty from you. The desperate, keen, Pathetic fire he fanned inside his heart Was doused and doused and doused...