by phillipw | May 27, 2020 | BO, CH, EA, EN, FI, GA, HU, LI, PA, RO
Earl Grey in Old Imari Porcelain He could have stayed behind his desk. He could Have signed stock-trading bonds. He could have stayed Not writing symphonies. Each night he would Have travelled home to comfort. Hubert strayed. He could have travelled home each...
by phillipw | May 20, 2020 | BE, BR, EA, MA, RA, WA
Death Defied in the British Library I sit across from Wayne, but decades on And much improved. Not only young again, But cuter nose, and lips more cushion drawn, More velvet-shaped—too lovely, these, to deign To pray or sing a Sabbath verse. The hair Is lovely,...
by phillipw | Mar 30, 2020 | EA, MO
Void What gives the Easter Island statues worth? Their meaning is beyond us. Since the faith That raised them died, is it their height, or girth, Or weight, or eeriness? Each stony wraith Of that religion is so foreign to Us now that it is less...
by phillipw | Mar 30, 2020 | EA, RE
Hollow Splendor The hollow Easter bunnies and hollow Metallic, glossy Easter eggs in foil Are brownly easy enough to swallow, Milk chocolate being what it is. Smooth voile On tongue, as light and pleasant to the taste, They seem to be denials of the thing...
by phillipw | Jan 30, 2020 | EA
Hollow Splendor The hollow Easter bunnies and hollow Metallic, glossy Easter eggs in foil Are brownly easy enough to swallow, Milk chocolate being what it is. Smooth voile On tongue, as light and pleasant to the taste, They seem to be denials of the thing...
by phillipw | Jan 23, 2020 | EA, EP
A Simple Silver Cross, Swirled with Purest White .Baby’s Breath, Lead Out in the Easter Morning Service at the Episcopalian Cathedral, ……..Orlando, Florida The men were in Givenchy suits, the young Ones, too, or in their top-notch blazers, pale Blue...
