by phillipw | Feb 24, 2022 | CA, FL, HI, LU
The Heavenly Choir after It Fell on Florida The spider web comes Hot against his face; August In damp Kulaqua. In Florida humidity comes full On like a curse. A thunderstorm comes down In swashing curtains made of wet warm wool. A coolness follows but then comes...
by phillipw | Sep 30, 2021 | LU
As If Mingled Throughout our Air Yet Distant, Distant, Distant Elusive as pale pulsing ghosts that hide In Gallino robes, stars’ glamour shifts From seeming to enchantment. Like a bride Suspended in a galaxy, glow lifts And levitates. The stars and starlets shine...
by phillipw | Sep 30, 2021 | DI, GA, JO, LU
As If Mingled Throughout our Air Yet Distant, Distant, Distant Elusive as pale pulsing ghosts that hide In Galliano robes, stars’ glamour shifts From seeming to enchantment. Like a bride Suspended in a galaxy, glow lifts And levitates. The stars and starlets...
by phillipw | Sep 29, 2021 | Ho, LU, PL
A witch in Port au Prince or something like Her hints the spell required. This spell defies Both death and time. It operates its spike, Injecting magic botox near the eyes And in the film star’s forehead by P.R. The actor and executives conspire To cast the...
by phillipw | Sep 29, 2021 | Ho, LU
A vacuum perceived requires a fix. It may not be a real lacuna but The fear that it might be results in tricks Of golden surgery. The star must strut As if there were no fault. No plastic knife Will do the job. A golden one cuts best. And if an actor chooses the...
by phillipw | Sep 29, 2021 | Ho, LU
Replacing Truth with Beauty “Beauty is truth, truth beauty” ~ John Keats, “Ode on a Grecian Urn” The trick is making it look effort-free. The style must seem as natural as hair Inside an armpit. If the star is she, Not he, the use of hair-removing Nair Or...
