by phillipw | May 15, 2020 | DE
Buying Beauty for a Dying Woman He flies to Serenissima to buy Dark beauty for his dying wife. She sleeps Through nights and days now. Medicines are why Profound exhaustion governs. Tiredness creeps Through every artery and overwhelms Dense veins. The drugs are...
by phillipw | May 15, 2020 | AN, HA, HE, RE
The Upper World of God’s Own Heaven is Far Superior to the Ancients’ Underworld In Homer’s day, deep pagan ancient times, The infamous and rich and mighty class Of men felt agonies in Hades. Crimes By them alone, and only the most crass Ones, caused immortal...
by phillipw | May 15, 2020 | LO, VI, WI
Highest Inheritance The losers who are punished by their loss And pain are purer than the victors who Get glory. Christ upon his aching cross Is like his cousin John. Their lives, askew Across imperial realities, Are massacred. The Pharisees’ and scribes’,...
by phillipw | May 15, 2020 | IN, LI, PO
Literary Inspiration from on High “The gods arranged all this, and sent them their misfortunes in order that future generations might have something to sing about.” ~ King Alcinous in the Odyssey at the end of Book VIII The question of our poets’ impulse, long Ago...
by phillipw | May 15, 2020 | AN, FE, MA, SE, TE, WE, WR
Male and Female Negated Men weep. That’s true, but when they weep, their tears Are not for little things or just to win An argument—unless they’re actors. Sneers Come easier to men than crying. In A rage they show their masculinity. Hurt men do anger best, far...
