by phillipw | May 6, 2020 | CO, DA, GE, LE, MA, OR, PE, VI
The Heart is Never Central Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The heart is never central. It is to The left and far too far above the base. The heart is not positioned for the true. It loves too much the...
by phillipw | Apr 15, 2020 | DU, GE, SA
Long after Chopin’s Death George Sand, It Seems, Destroyed 200 Letters Returned to her by Chopin’s Sister, Letters Sand had Sent to Him The problem with bone china is how heart- Breaking in its loveliness it tends to Be, the beauty of the finest fragile part Of...
by phillipw | Apr 2, 2020 | CO, GE, SE
Sacred Barrel, Sacred Target, Sacred Ammo He lines it up. It’s softness has gone hard And it at least knows perfectly its need. It’s like an aching, pulsing, fevered shard That’s full of its intelligence and greed. It knows one thing, and that’s enough. That’s all...
by phillipw | Jan 1, 2020 | GE
Big Boy 成吉思汗 We don’t consider Genghis Khan, except In Ulaanbaatar. Mongols carved his form In limestone on a hillside. They have swept Aside his murders( from his raging storm Across the continent). Instead they make A sentimental image of...
by phillipw | Sep 3, 2019 | AE, AN, BE, ES, GE, GR
Up Close and Pulchritude Hercules Musei Capitolini, Wikipedia The way we view ourselves as humans lies In how we see our past. Imagine then An ancient statue of a man. His eyes Are white, white,...
by phillipw | Jul 2, 2019 | GE
A Cross Section of Ancient Rock as Atomic Oracle The prophecy is mute, as all the best Predictions ought to be. It’s not until Fulfilment comes and we have acquiesced To its finality that we can drill Its import. Pressed gray marble ruined by Black manganese was...
