by phillipw | Jan 4, 2026 | JU, NO, PA
Julian the Apostate was Proclaimed Emperor in What are Now the Precints of Notre Dame de Paris When Julian the emperor became The master of the realm, his men proclaimed His highness. Then the giant changes came. This heir of Constantine thought he had shamed The...
by phillipw | Dec 6, 2025 | MA, NO
A Blunt History of Two Early Novels “…the blunt end of that mighty engine … presented itself at the entrance…” ~ Fanny Hill When novels long ago were male, male, male And not just written by a man, they tended to Be read by men and women, not like pale Ones written by...
by phillipw | Nov 3, 2025 | NO, PA
Nonko, a Seventeenth-century Ceramicist Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The black bat makes its sounds beyond my ears, A pitch too high for human nerves to hear, But, is there, like ultraviolet tears From...
by phillipw | Sep 7, 2025 | CH, FR, NO, Uncategorized
Chopin, Yet Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Chopin, despite the cataract of hair, Awes, not a poser. What he writes and plays Sings truth inside his skin. He is the heir To honesty...
by phillipw | Aug 29, 2025 | NO
Keikai Suru Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem ō The dancing of that night upon Nō stage Left opera, its trivialities, Behind. It lifted up Medea’s rage. It forced us into brute realties, Forever true,...
by phillipw | May 28, 2025 | AB, MU, NO, Uncategorized
Hard Produces Hard and Soft The poet is just plain peculiar if He opposes cosmic law. Unique Is what that law requires. If there’s a whiff Of uniformity, a tiny tweak Is DNA-deployed. This law insists On freaks. No perfect copy is allowed. There always have...
