by phillipw | Jan 1, 2020 | RE
Library Dukedom “library/Was dukedom large enough” ~ Prospero Who needs to be a prince or King of kings? A library’s dukedom is large enough. A single folio transports on wings Of mind: within one moment we can slough Off heavy circumstance and...
by phillipw | Jan 1, 2020 | SE
Below the Belt “Sometime I’ld divide,/ And burn in many places” ~ Ariel I feel like Ariel released and loosed Upon the ranging world. I don’t have wings, But airlines hold the globe in thrall. Seduced By jet-fuel highs, it and I hope for springs...
by phillipw | Jan 1, 2020 | BI
Pining in an Upper Room “I flame distinctly,/ Then meet and join” Ariel For Bill I’m in an upper room. My longing fills The air above my scalp, above the roof, A hovering power, strong as Heaven’s hills...
by phillipw | Jan 1, 2020 | MA
Soft and Hard If you have thought that I am soft, you think Again. It’s true that I write verse, want love, And want you. Weaknesses have their own stink, Though, powerful as war and death. The dove Of poetry flaps round the universe Long after this...
by phillipw | Jan 1, 2020 | SI
When Portraits Were in Silhouette When portraits were in silhouette, they told The truth. Sliced outlines filled with black reveal The human situation. Seldom gold- And sterling-leaf were rubbed on to conceal Our inner murkiness. Of course if they Had been applied,...
