by phillipw | Feb 9, 2020 | LO, RO, Uncategorized
The Greats Among the great “there is not one that hath been transported to the mad degree of love” ~ Sir Francis Bacon Not Yezid with Habiba, Abelard With Heloise, not Alexander great With love for silk Bagoas, the king’s hard Imperial thrusts...
by phillipw | Feb 9, 2020 | AE, BE, MA
Higher Still and Higher That lower lip alone could cause us all To ponder beauty in the abstract — if The lip were not so lovely to enthrall Beyond pale intelligence. A hieroglyph For everything which symphonies desire, This fuller plumpness with its carnal...
by phillipw | Feb 9, 2020 | AD, DA, JO, LO, RO, UN
When I Wake Up, I am Absent from Thee ‘As ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.’ 2 Corinthians 1:7 Two continents and long tides far away You live alone now and we sleep apart. The beauties of my high spec life hold sway,...
by phillipw | Feb 7, 2020 | AB
An Extreme Diet I eat from saucers since I live alone. Life’s portions do not need a dinner plate When love is gone. God gives a stone And not a loaf, unless the bread has hate As butter—or, at best, indifference. Small Cups made to fit a doll’s house...
by phillipw | Feb 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
Holy Orders I have a cool stone convent set inside My mind. The only nun is me. I move From cell to cell like flotsam on a tide Whenever inspiration flows. I prove The worth of this sensation or that thought By testing it with images and lines. The...
