by phillipw | Feb 9, 2020 | CR, FI, GO
Dante and the Divine The truth is love alone it is which moves The sun and stars. That final line Of mastery says love alone, love proves The primal power and makes the heavens a shrine, And love not only was the first great cause But also is the...
by phillipw | Jan 12, 2020 | CR
Windsor Four pheasants run across a pale green field. It’s not the hunting season so they’re sound. Their jewelled, velvet breasts will not yet yield To royal guns. True beauty should confound The barrels and the triggers, but red death Blasts...
by phillipw | Dec 11, 2019 | CR, LO, RO
Cremation Our future ashes will well symbolize The waste heap we have made of myths we shared; And yet, though cinders say that flames have flared, Our past doomed heat—with all which that implies. Our embers will be cold, and represent The...
by phillipw | Dec 1, 2019 | CR
No Xi’an Here Face leaning forward, slightly lowered, he Has dignity, an Oriental kind, The way the eye is held ceramically When looking at a Chinese vase in bind Of glaze and beauty. This richest skin Of mellowing vellum colors, but still strong As handmade...
by phillipw | Nov 25, 2019 | CR
The Uncut Version A rodent with a nut tucked in its cheek Displays the bulge, a greedy fur balloon, A swelling larger than its head. The beak Of pelican expands. The whole lagoon Is gulped to swill small fish. In fact, it’s hard To think of an example in this...
by phillipw | Nov 14, 2019 | CR
From Everlasting to Everlasting The clearest tenor note from man or brass Bell shape extended speaks now through the heart. It doesn’t matter if there is no mass For it to fit into or there’s no part For it in harmonies or choir. The note Itself is why Jehovah’s...
