by phillipw | Oct 14, 2019 | LO, RI, VE
Watered Down Wine “My life would always be too ungovernable to be devoted to strength and beauty.” ~ Arthur Rimbaud That’s why he chose Verlaine. This Rimbaud deemed Himself unworthy, incapable of Superior phenomena. He steamed With second-rate...
by phillipw | Oct 14, 2019 | RI, VE
Paul and Arthur [Have you ever noticed how the writers, The critics and biographers, insist On using surnames for them? The blighters Call them “Verlaine” and “Rimbaud.” Manly mist Beclouds the truth when academics choose Those family names instead of...
by phillipw | Oct 13, 2019 | RI, VE
If Only Someone Had Sent Verlaine Arthur’s High School Report The perfect monster that he grew to be Attained its zenith lacking moons and stars In London. He went on a hateful spree, Campaigning there to gouge his man with scars External and internal, both in...
by phillipw | Oct 2, 2019 | RI
Abortion on an Attic Floor “Some kill their love when they are young” The flailing Arthur slumps against the wall. He doesn’t have his lover. There’s no sex. He thinks his poetry is in free fall. Inside his chest and soul Rimbaud suspects It’s finished. (He...
by phillipw | Oct 2, 2019 | RI
An Immodest Georgian Mansion Montpellier House, 165 King’s Road, Reading Do people ever think of Rimbaud as A Georgian or Victorian? Well, no, But turning poetry to razzmatazz Occurred substantially in London, though In Reading, Berkshire, too, so...
by phillipw | Oct 2, 2019 | RI, Uncategorized, VE
No Doubt That high position in the mansion might Have reinforced his image of his place In history. Rimbaud conceived no slight Position for himself among the race Of poets. Maybe he surmised that he Could lord it over his boss, who after All was only a...
