by phillipw | Mar 27, 2020 | PI
Piss Christ (1987) You know those labels in museums by The items on display and in the art Exhibits. Do you think they’re being sly Sometimes? The curators seem to impart The barest minimum. They’re virgins who Give off the palest pheromones. You can’t...
by phillipw | Mar 27, 2020 | ME
Medea Made of Marble, Barbarity, and Beauty …… One difficulty is that we make gold Where only bronze was. Alchemy of mind Tends finally to turn ideals and old Exemplars into falsenenesses which blind With kitschlike beauty. Worlds built on slaves Are...
by phillipw | Mar 27, 2020 | AN
Antarctic Range The mountain rises up sublime above The rabble of the rocks expressed by God Below the distant cloud. There isn’t love Here…maybe something like it in the odd Seal progeny and parents and a chick A penguin hunkers over still. That’s it....
by phillipw | Mar 27, 2020 | LI
Counterintelligence A text becomes a pretext for a nerd Of criticism, theorizing, or Detectives’ brains. The poem is a turd For lab investigation. Those minds pore Between the lines. These Sherlocks search for clues About the author or the context in His...
by phillipw | Mar 27, 2020 | LL
Llanbadarnfawr “Llanbadarn Fawr’s monastic library grew in size and importance; reputedly larger than those of Canterbury Cathedral and York Minster.” ~ Wikipedia A dwindling, at the very best, awaits. A death, a long time coming, may not come For...
