by phillipw | Feb 5, 2020 | UN
GALAXY QUEST “Astronomers have found the oldest galaxy ever seen. Sadly they haven’t given it a very inspiring name—CL J1449 +0856. The curious patch of very faint red objects is so far away that we are seeing them when the universe was only...
by phillipw | Feb 5, 2020 | TR
The Ugly Tropics The ugly tropics, actually improved By stooping wind and rain, are shining green In gray this slightly cooler hour. Palms moved In harmony as if the storm had been Engaging with an aeolian harp Of fronds and bending fibrous trees. The sky,...
by phillipw | Feb 5, 2020 | IN, MO
Landing Stages for Angels and the Morning Star The morning glories, white or purple, bloom Upon the hedge as innocent as dawn The morning Eve was made. The sun their groom, They open, virgins all, their faces drawn To upward angles, wishing for the stir Of flying...
by phillipw | Feb 5, 2020 | LO, RO
Lightning Bolt You know what catastrophe is. It cleaves If you are fortunate. It cuts your chest In two divisions cleanly; slices, leaves Your heart in halves. This fate does not molest You other than to split your guts and soul Precisely down their...
by phillipw | Feb 5, 2020 | LO
The Sum of Life Love “has no great influence upon the sum of life” ~ Samuel Johnson He tots up all the numbers, money, words He listed in that dictionary, wrote In books and articles, and all the turds He shat from all that food that made him bloat Up...
