by phillipw | Dec 2, 2019 | BE
A Trio of Sonnets–Rare Books and Music The way the wool is bunched in darker folds Of green against the lighter verdant wool Enunciates his hiding bulge and scolds The eye to stare enraptured at the full Imperial swelling of the shoulder where Secreted...
by phillipw | Dec 2, 2019 | AE, BE, ES, UG
Grimm Truth in the British Library Rare Books and Music Reading Room Lots of us are just not beautiful. Yeah? Perhaps not ugly, no, but pretty plain. (Forgive the big-nosed paradox.) Not BLEH, But not so gorgeous that it causes pain. The lip as thin as primness or...
by phillipw | Nov 22, 2019 | BE, DE
Ludwig van Beethoven When quietness first insinuates its tone, The ear is unattuned and doesn’t note The difference. It’s as if a single bone Crumbled in a tomb, alone, or a throat Swelled slightly in a singer in a choir Yet made no sound conductors’ minds...
by phillipw | Nov 17, 2019 | BE, RO
Chopin Blossoms The roses are arranged in Chopin sweeps. Arranged as darker roses in a curve, They look like notes and melodies in deeps Of wounds that lean to purple. In their swerve They look as if a choir of flourished notes, Arpeggios, and mordents had...
by phillipw | Nov 15, 2019 | AE, AE, BE
Dark Curly Hair Blue He wears the heavenly blue of Mary’s cloak Across the bicep on his left-hand side. That muscle is not very male. The stroke Of folded blue placed there helps him to hide That fact. Another crucial part is veiled By Mary Queen of...
by phillipw | Nov 12, 2019 | BE, DE, RO
Brevity is the Soul of Life Some flowers are more beautiful because They bloom so briefly, have so short a time To blossom, and then fade. These are the laws Of loveliness. These rules are not a crime Or even an expression of some wrong. They are an underlying fact...
