by phillipw | Oct 14, 2019 | AC, FR, MO
Achilles Named Prophetically One writer has proposed his name must mean The “lipless” one. How strange. Or is that weird? Despite Homeric speeches there’s not been A record of his words. His nascent beard Is what we can infer beneath his nose. The rest is...
by phillipw | Oct 4, 2019 | FR, LO
Mt. Rainier and Companionship I lie, a lake beneath your mountain range, Beneath your Cascades peaks and steepest sides. I brood and find the highest heavens strange Except that they bend down and stir up tides Because you touch them with rock beauty. Your Crests...
by phillipw | Oct 3, 2019 | FR, RE, SA
Brother Shun Who got St. Francis of Assisi’s clothes, Those ones he shed in nakedness before The bishop? How could anyone dispose Of solemn beauty in that scene? Who wore Them after that self-abnegation made Of silklessness and stripped down young male skin And...
by phillipw | Sep 26, 2019 | DI, FR, NI
“One Soul in Bodies Twain” and Diaghilev’s “one in private life” The ocean of men’s friendships spreads too vast For those who think about it to presume To use taxonomies which tend to cast One sinkered net across love’s waves and spume, One flaring circle that...
by phillipw | Sep 23, 2019 | CH, FR, ST
What to Do with a Dead Friend He keeps intruding sharply in my mind, My heart, and dreams. No, more in reverie Than nightmares, which is how dreams are defined Now. Visions which come floating back to me In daylight hours—reminding, say, of his Guitar and...
by phillipw | Sep 23, 2019 | FR, OL, TR
Free Travel Passes for Dirty Old FФckers The major problem with the travel pass Is that it packs the coaches with old folk Like me. Of course it pains me to be crass, But, bluntly, frankly no one with egg yolk Hair, auburn, carrot top, or even brown (Or brilliant...
