by phillipw | Nov 2, 2019 | MA
Never Mind The Marxists called the slaughter in the camps Of deep freeze Russia “detours.” What they meant Was grandiloquent History has small cramps Made up of murdered millions. Its ascent Is massive and its purpose is as calm As grey philosophers...
by phillipw | Nov 2, 2019 | MA, Uncategorized, WH
La Serenissima Surprise We thought her color wasn’t blue. We went To Venice then and suddenly we knew The truth. We learned that she was always meant To find the right ensemble of a blue So subtle that its lace and velvets showed Up several colors—blue of...
by phillipw | Nov 2, 2019 | MA, MO
Forever Abreast of Loveliness She knew the way to make us laugh, this clown From Beauty Land, and always made us smile Until she left to go where she came down From. Lips were always open, partly, while She looked at us—or rather at the lens That loved her almost...
by phillipw | Nov 1, 2019 | CO, ID, MA, PO
Ideals Are More Equal Ideals take over like a virus in Some minds. Disease of thought requires the pills Of fact-based rationality. The sin Of thinking based on higher thought makes ills In cultures and philosophy. The French Left wing refused to dally with the...
by phillipw | Oct 30, 2019 | MA
Skateboarding and the Unsolved Equation You know how young guys are. They move their arms Uncertainly but certainly and mean To look as if they comprehend. The harms Just round the bend are what they haven’t seen. The shoulders move, too, with those...
by phillipw | Oct 17, 2019 | MA
Immortal Anthems of the Holy Ones In raw solemnity the angels voice A rush. They sing of all the martyrs who Have suffered darkest pain. Pearl souls rejoice, The souls of seraphs with their wings grown two By two above their heads, behind their backs,...
