by phillipw | Nov 12, 2020 | MA
Not the Broken Walls, Domes, and Floors of Byzantium The emanations from his chest will not make Impressionist tableaux. Tessera yield No muzziness (more like a steamer’s wake). The cubes are harder than a Monet field And are aware of their male nature. Past Things...
by phillipw | Nov 12, 2020 | GR, GU, MA, SE
The Opposite of Trance Etheric this one isn’t. He is steep With hairiness and muscle like a Greek Guerrilla killing Nazis. Flesh is deep If worshipped. He is foreign to oblique. He wants to thrust and press his chest against His victim as he rapes or woos. A...
by phillipw | Nov 8, 2020 | EX, GY, MA, PH
Curvatures They sign up for the gym together, both For different reasons, but that’s how a man And woman are. They both desire some growth Of sexiness. He wants to spread the span Of manliness. She wants to make her form More feminine. Of course...
by phillipw | Oct 13, 2020 | AU, CO, DA, EM, FA, HE, Ho, MA, NE, RA, TH, TR
Mystics of Concord Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem New England thinkers mixed autumnal views With leaves from Homer, also Dante’s leaves. That blinded poet managed to suffuse The thoughts...
by phillipw | Oct 13, 2020 | AN, AP, BE, CH, DI, JE, MA, RE
Christ vs. Apollo Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem If true Apollo’s temple has been crushed By buildings of the Vatican, the ground Of Lord Apollo’s prophecies now hushed By singing in the...
by phillipw | Oct 5, 2020 | BU, DE, FU, Ho, IL, MA, NE
In Every Culture, that Golden Vanity “I am the cup of Nestor, a joy to drink from” A twelve year old in Magna Graecia lay Inside his tomb. Beside him was a cup Of gold interred there. Wanting to convey Sad hope, his family wanted him to sup From it in afterlife...
