by phillipw | May 3, 2020 | MA
Convenience pexels-photo-3197885 Behind the mask, beneath the clothes a man Is lurking. Hairiness of skin on chest (Perhaps) presents a layer on that span Inside his sweatshirt. Farther down a nest Of tighter hair is waiting for a hand (Your touch),...
by phillipw | May 3, 2020 | AN, DA, GR, MY
Icarus: When Cleanest Beauty Flies https://dd28.deviantart.com/art/Mourning-for-Icarus-294532709 When young men make mistakes, they still get all The glory. Here he is with nothing wrong About his body. It’s as if the fall Has killed him theoretically. This strong One...
by phillipw | May 3, 2020 | AM, SY
Calculated Haze How modern is the notion that the pen And keyboards on machines should write out clear Communications? Ancients, writing men, Preferred elastic meanings. Like a wier Their words held back their welling meaning, deep, Or dark, or playful,...
by phillipw | May 3, 2020 | AN
Where Cleanest Beauty Flies “Youths and maidens all blyhe and full of glee, carried the luscious fruit in plaited baskets; and with them there went a boy who made sweet music with his lyre, and sang the Linos-song with clear boyish voice.” ~ Samuel Butler’s English...
by phillipw | May 3, 2020 | AP, HU, OR, PI, PO, TO
The Tortoise Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Other poems by Apollinaire relate to Orpheus, for example, ‘The Tortoise,’ whose shell—a gift from Apollo—provided the frame of his lyre.” ~...
