by phillipw | Nov 2, 2019 | LO, RO
“Do We Really Need the Moon?” [The title of a programme about science on BBC 4 television] Our madnesses are necessary for Romance and yet they loom in us sometimes, A waxing that becomes too much—and more— A full moon magnified by mist and crimes Of one...
by phillipw | Nov 2, 2019 | EV
All Inclusive Vacation: Spring, Winter, Summer, Medieval Ages, and the Renaissance, Magnolia virginiana: Everything as One A northern Italy the color of Depression drenched in rain instructs the square Which holds a summer tree as if...
by phillipw | Nov 2, 2019 | EN
Buddha with Acne Imagining the Buddha as a thing Of ugliness might help. Any insights Then might be less lovely. They might not sing Like anthems in a temple full of lights In polished candle holders. Beauty would Become beside the point. Revelation Would...
by phillipw | Nov 2, 2019 | MA, MO
Forever Abreast of Loveliness She knew the way to make us laugh, this clown From Beauty Land, and always made us smile Until she left to go where she came down From. Lips were always open, partly, while She looked at us—or rather at the lens That loved her almost...
by phillipw | Nov 2, 2019 | SU
The Sonnet of the Suicide Bombers Those star-mouthed virgins, crescent-moon-like holes ………………… Lit up beneath their veils, are licking words From Allah’s book to slime across our poles The moment we are martyrs. Softest curds...
