by phillipw | Jan 2, 2020 | MA
All Older Statues Want to Come Alive All older statues want to come alive, Those Greek and Roman ones, and Christian, too. Their skeletons and veins and muscles strive To break through marble skin. They want their blue Eyes once again to see the world of living...
by phillipw | Jan 2, 2020 | RE
And Don’t Let Gilding Trick You The great ones come to us in rock: the law At Moses’ side, the wounds in marble, slight, White holes in marble in la Pietà Of Jesus and the Virgin, and that tight Black thing, the kaabaa. All of them, these three, This trinity of...
by phillipw | Jan 2, 2020 | TE
An Eye for an Eye A Muslim martyr blows up Christian souls Or Jewish souls . . . or Muslims. What’s the diff? Of course the dead ones go to different poles— Non-Muslim ones are pushed over the cliff Of Hell to burn forever. The martyr And other...
by phillipw | Jan 2, 2020 | RA
Somnolent Spirituality Schools closed at noon. The libraries have stopped Their service early. Government has shut Its doors. The spiritual who can have lopped The hours they have to work to help with what Has been imposed on them by sacred word. They...
by phillipw | Jan 2, 2020 | DR
The Space We Dream In The space we dream in is inside our ribs. It isn’t just inside our hearts. It takes In lungs as well. Our chests are little cribs For sleeping infants, little drowsy aches We want to be full-grown but are afraid Will turn out wrong,...
