by phillipw | Sep 28, 2019 | MA
Unity in Adversity “live long life in little space” ~ John Keats To live long life in little space, to live And love within the boundaries allowed Are manly limitations. We forgive The universe, in fact are scarlet proud To fill the challenge with adrenaline...
by phillipw | Sep 25, 2019 | AT, MA
Good Works The man two doors along is more a man Than I am. That’s according to clichés. Those normal things I can’t do right, he can. The simplest manual travail dismays Me. He just does it. He has more of bulk Than my slight body does. He has the form,...
by phillipw | Sep 23, 2019 | CO, DE, MA, SP
Breathing Death The pink magnolias creased, bruise-brown, well nigh Immediately in springtime air. The breeze Came blustering and wrinkled in the dye Of death on unsuspecting trees. Of course they will not die, not yet, nor yet These fleshy blossoms opened...
by phillipw | Sep 15, 2019 | AB, AE, BE, ES, MA, NI
Abel, Niels Henrik ……………………Wikipedia …..Wikd Could someone please propose equations for The beauty of a man? They must include His hair (of course) and—if divinest Thor Resembled him in any way — warm hued...
by phillipw | Sep 13, 2019 | CO, JA, MA
The Third Largest Personal Collection of Jazz Recordings in the world: He Kept it Clean No Liberace ever glittered here In Titusville. He never lost a ring Of amethysts and gold at Sand Point pier, Or platinum and diamond-bright bling At Little League in hell-fired...
by phillipw | Jul 29, 2019 | MA
Blond Manliness He has this hair that sweeps across his head In ways that every waterfall would want. The thickness and the strenghts are currents spread Across his scalp, a gushing fountain’s flaunt Of blondness mixed with undercurrents. These Are shadow...