by phillipw | Oct 29, 2019 | KE, PO
The Political Poet I really LUV the way they try to see A poet’s politics. The latest life Of Keats puts forward a pitiful plea To think of him as if the loving strife Inside him isn’t quite the point. His heart And lungs were doomed and we’re supposed to care...
by phillipw | Oct 29, 2019 | WH, Y
The Poet at 26 The miracle is that once I was a young Man. Innocence was colored gold and white Then. I was living like an angel’s tongue Before the fall of Lucifer, as bright As tongues could be in heaven with its gem Foundations and transparent...
by phillipw | Oct 29, 2019 | UN
The UNITary God: According to the Bible & the Qu‛ran, Jesus and Adam Are Male* If God be single & has lasted since E-t-e-r-n-i-t-y, this means we have to ask, “Just how did this completely lonely Prince Live up to that start-less, limitless...
by phillipw | Oct 21, 2019 | WH, WI, WO
Father’s Voice I can’t remember what my father said Except when he was storytelling, or Declaiming poetry, or when his head Was full of politics or God. His store Of beauty came in tales, or ringing lines Of loveliness and joy, and plots he spun, And...
by phillipw | Oct 20, 2019 | AR, MO
Arthur Moody He used to play ice hockey at John Nike The leisure center here in Berkshire where That sort of thing went on. This boy was like A miracle because I couldn’t square His clear intelligence with something dumb Like sport. But then the only reason...