by phillipw | Feb 9, 2020 | CR, FI, GO
Dante and the Divine The truth is love alone it is which moves The sun and stars. That final line Of mastery says love alone, love proves The primal power and makes the heavens a shrine, And love not only was the first great cause But also is the...
by phillipw | Feb 9, 2020 | FA, LO
If Only Love L’amour est comme le vent, nous ne savons pas d’où il vient. ~ Balzac If only love were like the wind, as clear And as predictable as on our screens When forecasters pronounce, and as austere As mathematical statements, or...
by phillipw | Feb 9, 2020 | HU
Derived from Feudal Darkness Medieval canon lawyers were the first To moot an individual’s pale chance To have some rights in law, that tiny burst Of radicality. From there to France And chopping off the head of king and queen Was like a pilgrimage to truth...
by phillipw | Feb 9, 2020 | PR
Primeval Productions of I The Prophets were the first to stand out stark As individuals, distinct as freaks From sideshows in a kindergarten park. God made them with their molten streaks In beards. They did not want to be that way But they were branded by Jehovah,...
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...