by phillipw | Dec 15, 2019 | CH, RI, ST
Charles Randall Taulelle II “moons pursuing one another” ~ Arthur Rimbaud The moon comes close. The moon comes close to us And we go crazy. We are moons as well. We suffer from past scarring and fresh pus Loads, giving us our wounded look. We swell...
by phillipw | Dec 15, 2019 | RI
Rudeness and Lice ………… Le jeune Rimbaud knew no words for thanks. “Where would the boy have learned them from, how could He have embraced them?” his teacher asked. Blanks Like this appeared in what he understood, This poet, as a...
by phillipw | Dec 15, 2019 | RI
The Eyes Have It “The man was tall, well-built, almost athletically with the perfect oval face of an angel in exile, with untidy light brown hair and eyes of disturbing pale blue” — Paul Verlaine His irises were doubly blue, dark blue And azure circled. Or...
by phillipw | Dec 15, 2019 | AE, BE, ES
On the Right Hand of God, the Father Almighty The pheasant stalks the hoar-frost farmer’s field, But early morning’s backlighting shines strong, So blackest silhouette is this dawn’s yield. No. Wait. Pure ugliness does not belong To spring. A moment...
by phillipw | Dec 15, 2019 | OL
Apple and Lotus Music that gentlier on the spirit lies, Than tir’d eyelids upon tir’d eyes; Music that brings sweet sleep down from the blissful skies. ~ The Lotus-eaters, Alfred,Lord Tennyson Society’s decided I would be Best...
