by phillipw | Mar 18, 2020 | BE, MA
Miles and Miles Miles, Miles ahead of every other one In beauty, he is lovely, perfect, great Like Gabriel when bowing to the Son Enclosed in Mary. Miles is as a gate Set down like gold in heaven in the wall Meant as a bar to Paradise and joys In bliss...
by phillipw | Mar 15, 2020 | AE, BE, ES, MA
Troy in New Orleans, Manhattan, or London So I found “Helen” sitting in a streetcar; the Dionysian revels of her court were transferred to a Metropolitan roof garden with a jazz orchestra;and the katharsis of the fall of Troy I saw approximated in the recent World...
by phillipw | Mar 10, 2020 | BE, MA
Penis Penance Just how can women cope when men are more Gorgeous than their female matings, as strong As gondolas’ slow rocking on the shore Of Serenissima; or like a long Boat set by Viking sinew on the waves In Arctic storm of sleet that muscles...
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...
