by phillipw | Sep 26, 2019 | Ho
φυσικά [Of Course] “Homosexuality in its highest sense is founded on intellectualism. It represents fundamentally an aesthetic conception of love. . .” ~ Wallace Fowlie, 1946 As rarefied as nearly empty space, The void between the planets and the stars, The...
by phillipw | Sep 21, 2019 | Ho, SI
The Torn Shirt Morning 0 Your stream of frank sincerity has talked Him out of love—of loving you, I mean— Attempts at sentiment too often blocked By honesty from you. The desperate, keen, Pathetic fire he fanned inside his heart Was doused and doused and doused...
by phillipw | Sep 21, 2019 | Ho
Hillside Horse Sense These horses wear their blankets in the chill Of April air, cloth ugliness devised To keep them warm but also making ill A lovely scene. Though practicallyadvised, From sloping beauty’s point of view There on the gentle field of freshest...
by phillipw | Sep 7, 2019 | Ho
Six-legged Mammon The bee’s bright trove refracts, hones no rainbow. Midas’s cup is not a prism. Only one Greedy color comes from it. Strain, stain, glow– Wealth. That’s it. Maybe momentary fun Shines out, but mostly it’s just...
by phillipw | Jun 30, 2019 | Ho
Simonides of Cos on the Spartan Dead at Plataea These soldiers put on death, that misted cloak, Their mortal metal sublimated to What some call glory. First we have to soak The fog of war in honor, scarlet, blue And gold. The platinum of courage formed The basis of...
by phillipw | Apr 26, 2019 | Ho
φυσικά (Naturally) “Homosexuality in its highest sense is founded on intellectualism. It represents fundamentally an aesthetic conception of love. . .” ~ Wallace Fowlie, 1946 As rarefied as nearly empty space, The void between the planets and the stars, The...
