by phillipw | May 6, 2020 | CH, FR, MA, ST
A Perfect Piece of Knitting, Torn, Repaired “the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.” ~ 1 Samuel 18:1 Charles, my friend, was never so heartbreaking As when he smiled, like Schumann at his best. The beauty...
by phillipw | May 2, 2020 | BE, CH, HE, PA, PE, SE
Stud Poker Philosophers…they don’t know any more About The Truth than Greek pig farmers do. The rest of us not part of these two poor Groups (salesmen, poets, priests…) don’t have a clue. A prophet and a Plato come along. They have...
by phillipw | Apr 25, 2020 | BO, CH, ST
α — The first letter of the Greek alphabet “And all the sons of God shouted for joy” The memory of you rinses even light. Though clouds today add gray to sky and air, This flash-back makes white flowers cleaner white; I wash them in the essence of dark...
by phillipw | Apr 24, 2020 | CH
Simplicity and Complications The Virgin comes first, then an angel from On high, a rainbow bolt from heaven. He Speaks holiness so deep she must succumb. Already it has moved from simple. She Might think that she could hide in manger scene Alone, but no, the donkey,...
by phillipw | Apr 21, 2020 | AD, CH
Florida Sunshine Although my memories, bleached by time, by years And decades, are both pale and patchy, some At least float, vivid. Often those with fears And pain recede. Noon beauties overcome These bad ones. Photographs of me when blond, So blond that it...
by phillipw | Apr 19, 2020 | CA, CH, KI
Animalerie Vilmorin, 8 quai de la Megisserie, Paris The kitten, gray and striped with black, sat on Her haunches as she kneaded in the fur Of sister’s side. The sister gave a yawn And tried to suckle. If there was a purr We couldn’t hear it through the glass. The cage...
