by phillipw | Dec 2, 2019 | HE
A Reader Studying Ancient Law A bit too handsome, yes, but in a square Way, like Clark Kent , you know? He even sports The horn-rimmed glasses and the thick dark hair, But something’s not quite right with his nose. Warts? No! Not that bad, more like an onion’s...
by phillipw | Nov 6, 2019 | AD, CH, CL, GI, HE, KI, TE
….. Pubescent Vector Tom’s shoulders—knots of boyishness—were tied By Jahweh when in Baden-Powell mood But move in that white shirt where they must hide (Required by dress-code rule, to make Tom good), So they remain as veiled, as chaste, and...
by phillipw | Nov 4, 2019 | HE
The Golden Rule Philosophically Plated Take pleasure for yourself like hummingbirds. Give joy to others as you swallow juice They give. Ignore Religion’s numbing words. There’s nothing wrong with being jolly loose So long as you don’t harm...
by phillipw | Oct 18, 2019 | HE, ST, WH
“kitty kitty kitty” Was All She Could Say I cannot now recall my mother’s throat In words. For more than twenty years her speech Was dead before she died. A muffling bloat Occurred inside her brain. It was a screech Of blood that silenced her. No...
by phillipw | Sep 27, 2019 | BE, HE
Feminine Beauty Just Ain’t Right “Hylas . . . is described in very un-heroic terms, with χαρίεντος (7) suggesting youth and beauty, and πλοκαμῖδα (7) emphasizing the boy’s ‘almost feminine prettiness’.” A hero can’t be pretty, beautiful, Or like a girl.,, (Well,...
by phillipw | Sep 24, 2019 | HE, LI
Young and Doomed Why have a nightmare when, already, you Are caught in one? He lies alone in bed, Itself sufficient bad dream stuff to skew This scene away from others here. His head Especially looks threatened with his black Hair trapped in dead dark shadow,...
