by phillipw | Sep 16, 2019 | BI
On Suave India Paper . My mother’s mother gave to me a fine Blue King James Version of the Bible. Blue Morocco leather, subtle blue, benign With tastefulness (as if refinement drew More power to truth) bound up a classic book In cultured holiness. The...
by phillipw | Sep 16, 2019 | Ta
December 10, 1788, Talleyrand’s Elevation to the Bishopric of Autun; His Consecration, January 16, 1789 If one were looking for a throne tres bon, The bishopric of Autun could be worse. It came with titles (old) , Baron Tuillon, Baron...
by phillipw | Sep 16, 2019 | Ta
To Represent Autun in the Estates-General of 1789 The disappointed prelate whipped up wine Selections and the best cuisine to set Before the people of Autun to dine On at the bishop’s table. Out to get The power he wanted, he put suavest cloths...
by phillipw | Sep 16, 2019 | PO, TR
I Want to Go to Sleep, but Poems… I want to go to sleep, but poems keep On brushing with their wings against my eye. I want to take a fatal nap, but sleep Is flicked away by angel pinions high Above such cowardly retreat. Feather Upon feather brushes up against...
by phillipw | Sep 16, 2019 | AE, AR, ES, JE, OI, PA
Wonky Shoulder Christ Perhaps the reason why the painting makes Christ’s shoulder look deformed is not because The artist, Rubens, wants to show God aches For human suffering he’s caused with flaws In his creation. Why this wonky joint Was perpetrated on...
