by phillipw | Mar 10, 2020 | MA
The Maldives, the Tsunami, and Death Duty A garland, greener than the aqua fringe Around each island of its atolls, waits Just barely in the ocean where they cringe In memory of that wave. Its shade negates The jewelled magic of the necklace where It’s anchored...
by phillipw | Mar 8, 2020 | LO, MA, RO
Worst Sexual Position The worst conclusion ever to a bout Of love is not a death, for it is pure Like heat inside the sun, not like a shout Of flaring limb, for death is sure. The worst conclusion ever to a love Is not a fight or argument made up Of accusations,...
by phillipw | Mar 6, 2020 | AE, BE, ES, MA
Blond and Black: Victor in the Rare Books and Music Reading Room That blond one now has risen in my mind. The sight that I remember most is blond, Blond curls, a curving beauty that might blind Unwary men, a loveliness beyond The fatal sight of Gorgon snakes. His...
by phillipw | Mar 5, 2020 | IN, MA, MU
Progressive Mathematics as Stanzas When poetry was mathematics back In distant, ancient India, the lines Were full of meanings that our poems lack Today. With sinuousity of vines Instead of straight or angled equals marks And long equations on the smoothed out...
by phillipw | Mar 4, 2020 | BE, MA
The British Library Rare Books and Music Reading Room; Why Go Search for Black Diamonds in Deepest Mines, Far, Far Away? I like the way his shoulders hunch in curve And swell when he is sitting calm in thought, But even more I love the darkened swerve Of almost...
by phillipw | Mar 3, 2020 | BO, CH, MA
Decades Later He Stands with his Son Staring at the Merry-Go-Round The brilliant light of early joys, the joys A child knows when the Christmas tree Is found aflame on Christmas morn with toys And glistening ribbons, wrappings, gifts is glee Unknown in later life. ...
