by phillipw | Sep 15, 2019 | CA, PE
Pelops The dish that Tantalus served up to gods And goddesses degraded every gift Presented since, to anyone. The odds Of ever matching it were cut adrift By knives inside his kitchen. How compete With such a present? Even South Sea tribes Don’t serve their...
by phillipw | Aug 20, 2019 | BR, CA, DO
New Use for a Hive Tool I cannot recommend an afternoon In bee yards— sun, sweat, stink of carbolic Fumes, not to mention hotness of harpoon Stings, each delivering vitriolic Intensity of hatred, or the stench Of pine needles infilthtrating the air. And then . . . the...
by phillipw | Jul 31, 2019 | CA
Delights of Owning Cats The joys of owning cats or being owned By them are many, multifarious. Your house is eau de cologned With tomcat sprayings from the various Invaders through the cat flap, neighbourhood Intruders for widened territory. Humans who love the...
by phillipw | Jul 29, 2019 | CA
Unsentimental The frozen tarn, so dark below, so bright Across its surface, can’t be happy, sad Or feel emotion, either black or light. Above it rime-trimmed saplings cannot gad About in frolics, move in mourning or Have feelings harbored in their swaying hearts...
by phillipw | May 31, 2019 | CA
The Eye The lines of kitten loveliness themselves Are beautiful as she is, almost, there, But not. A rapt, assessing gaze that delves The vision sleeping on the easy chair Of gold velour can’t help but dwell upon The colors, too, not just the breathing lines....
by phillipw | May 28, 2019 | CA
Ocean Fish Reverie Two cats are sleeping near me, one stretched long Across the velvet easy chair. Her nose Lies pressing pinkly there. A little song Of tiny snoring, muffled by the pose, Is nearly all absorbed in plush gold pile— A fitting, soft recipient of her...
