by phillipw | Mar 11, 2020 | RO
Klutzes like President Lump Why people are so churlish is beyond Me. Sending out a humorous account Of my poetry reading, I was fond Enough to reckon that it would amount To a piece of bragging fun to my friends. Of course the overwhelming bulk of them Sent back...
by phillipw | Mar 10, 2020 | RO
Back from Rainy Padua to Sunny Venice, but… Two nuns in white and black stand in the way. I can’t see any reason why they should Desire to block our boarding, yet they stay To thwart our vaporetto stance. What could Their purpose be? Their church has...
by phillipw | Mar 9, 2020 | AR, LO, PA, RI, RO, VE
What Kind of Place is Fit for Men? …………”L’allée est sans fin” ~ Paul Verlaine What kind of place is fit for hommes who want To make a London nest together, one Where poetry is brooded, a romaunt Perhaps, or maybe some...
by phillipw | Mar 8, 2020 | LO, RO
Eleven, that Odd, Unfortunate Number When everything is wrong or slightly wrong, such As sex and love and friendship, all that you can Expect are travesties like using a crutch Pressed into an armpit tumor in a man ….. Endeavoring to walk the world, every part...
by phillipw | Mar 8, 2020 | LO, MA, RO
Worst Sexual Position The worst conclusion ever to a bout Of love is not a death, for it is pure Like heat inside the sun, not like a shout Of flaring limb, for death is sure. The worst conclusion ever to a love Is not a fight or argument made up Of accusations,...
by phillipw | Mar 3, 2020 | LO, RO
Compacted Oh, I am fortune’s fool! The man in love is like a soldier bound For danger. Women walk like ghosts in love, The menace and its wounding all around Them. Love is like an Iron Maiden glove Which harms the hand that...
