by phillipw | May 15, 2020 | GU, SI, SP
Edict How dull the gilded dome seems under clouds Of London gray. The perfect, swerving shape Looks saddened as if wearing mourning shrouds, Or dirtiness, or veils of thinnest crepe. Such beauty should not be degraded thus. But London,...
by phillipw | Mar 29, 2020 | SI
Love and Delight …… …………………………..~Wikiwand I love simplicity. Don’t you? Why choose A decadence of fretwork when instead A simple life and heart are pure? Tattoos On skin and soul...
by phillipw | Mar 11, 2020 | SI
Gurdwara Domes, White and Gold The gold dome and the white domes, prettier Than truth, present themselves above the sprawl Of western London with its grittier Industrial huge storage tanks. They brawl Beside the domes with practicality And oxidation (green). Tanks...
by phillipw | Jan 12, 2020 | SI
The Age of Valentino and Chaplin ………. With all the clarity of silver’s sheen Yet maybe with a patina of gray, The soundless light fills up the sterling screen. The characters and scenes are like ballet But of a stiff and jerky sort. Perhaps This...
by phillipw | Jan 7, 2020 | FU, OL, SA, SI
Olimpio Fusco ~ Olimpio Fusco by John Singer Sargent An agony of beauty is this head, His hair, his throat. The shadowed neck alone Is hurtful to the heart. This thoroughbred Has hardly grown his Adam’s apple. Shone In their perfection are the...
by phillipw | Jan 1, 2020 | SI
When Portraits Were in Silhouette When portraits were in silhouette, they told The truth. Sliced outlines filled with black reveal The human situation. Seldom gold- And sterling-leaf were rubbed on to conceal Our inner murkiness. Of course if they Had been applied,...
