by phillipw | Sep 26, 2019 | AR, LO, PA, VE
HMS Implacable “Because you loved me as it had to be.” ~ Paul Verlaine in “To Arthur Rimbaud” We cherish thoughts of hearts and fate combined. We love the grand idea that lust is out Of our control like earthquakes. Disinclined To judge...
by phillipw | Sep 26, 2019 | AR, LO, RI, VE
Salvation and Damnation for a Flimsy Vampire “Because you loved me as it had to be.” ~ Paul Verlaine in “To Arthur Rimbaud” We love the thought of love and fate combined. We love the grand idea that lust is out Of our control, like stormy waters mined By Nazis. Maybe...
by phillipw | Sep 26, 2019 | AR, RI
Smooth-cheeked Hooligan In the Fall of 1879, Rimbaud failed again; feverish, he returned to Roche. Delahaye, who went to see him, reported: “First I only recognised his so extraordinarily beautiful eyes – with a light blue iris surrounded by a darker ring...
by phillipw | Sep 26, 2019 | AR, RI, TE
Under the Sign of the Scorpion A teacher in Rimbaud’s third year of school, M. Pérette, remarked, “Intelligent, as much as you want, but he has eyes and a smile that I do not like. He will come to a bad end. In any case, nothing banal will germinate in that...
by phillipw | Sep 16, 2019 | AE, AR, ES, JE, OI, PA
Wonky Shoulder Christ Perhaps the reason why the painting makes Christ’s shoulder look deformed is not because The artist, Rubens, wants to show God aches For human suffering he’s caused with flaws In his creation. Why this wonky joint Was perpetrated on...
by phillipw | Sep 5, 2019 | AR
Plato and the Ideal in A.I. When sexless A.I. brains are in control, There won’t be lust for women or for men But only Love like God’s agape role Of loving purely, rather like a Zen Philosophy that takes us far from pain And pleasure. This Nirvana of...
