by phillipw | Dec 19, 2019 | FR
Patriotism and Pals .. Francis Bacon, author of two .. early English essays on friendship, …………………..played a major legal role …………in the trial of his...
by phillipw | Dec 19, 2019 | TU
Tulips An ordinary darkness covers them. It’s just the night. And they . . . they are only Tulips. It’s not like death has dragged her hem Across them. Why not let them be lonely In their detachment from the light? But no, I have to take my...
by phillipw | Dec 19, 2019 | SE
Principalities and Powers Jaws open in the night and fluids pass From mouth to mouth. The spit is tame enough, But who will reckon up that power, that mass Of mystery and feral stench—the stuff Of semen? Sacrilege invades the throat Because a god of tails and...
by phillipw | Dec 19, 2019 | CE, GR, PE
Père Lachaise: Four Sonnets in a Sequence– A Visit to the Tomb of Frédéric Chopin; A Visit to the Tomb of Oscar Wilde; A Visit to the Tomb Abelard and Heloïse; A Message from the Grave of Jim Morrison A Visit to the Tomb of Frédéric Chopin Perhaps the worst...
by phillipw | Dec 19, 2019 | LO, RO
Ein Besuch in München: [A Visit to Munich: Karl und Oberrheinisch [Karl and Oberrheinisch Your eyes have power like the holy ones That shine so wet and wide as England’s saint Attacks the writhing dragon, calmly runs The lance through that reptilian...
