by phillipw | Apr 13, 2020 | CA, PR
Peace Accord He doesn’t, if he understands and knows His master is not angry. He has learned We do not want him through that door. He goes To stare out longingly. Romeo burned Less fervently for Juliet than our Pet, Prospero, desires to use that front Way. Still,...
by phillipw | Apr 13, 2020 | PO, PR
Earliest Poetry The sunlight, bright as gods could ever hope To be, fell down on isthmus, valley, sea, On life and death, and limestone mountain slope Before mere humans. Greece, as it would be, Was meant for poetry but did not know It. Men and women and their...
by phillipw | Feb 17, 2020 | PR
While on a Trip to the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists in Utrecht The heat of Amsterdam’s July damp day Swelled out in all directions like the young Man’s body’s presence. What was on display Was midnight leather. Underneath seemed stung Male muscles...
by phillipw | Feb 9, 2020 | PR
Primeval Productions of I The Prophets were the first to stand out stark As individuals, distinct as freaks From sideshows in a kindergarten park. God made them with their molten streaks In beards. They did not want to be that way But they were branded by Jehovah,...
by phillipw | Feb 2, 2020 | PR
Pro Procrastination Name anything delectable as pro… Crastination. Nope, I thought you couldn’t, Especially when spiced with bravado Because of future dangers. You wouldn’t Enjoy it half so much if there weren’t risk Of getting punished for it later. Your...
by phillipw | Jan 24, 2020 | IS, PR, RA
[This is about one of the guards at the entrance to the Rare Books and Music Reading Room.] Besides, I’m the Foreigner I like him for his gentle, almost sly Smile, nearly shy, but, no, not quite. A smile That’s mostly in the lips but in the eye Is boosted on a face...
