by phillipw | Oct 30, 2019 | ST
Religious Fanaticism The whore-like magnetism of a god Is lurking on the corner for those fools Who have that weakness. Consciences are awed By come-ons utilizing sexy tools Like mysticism, scripture texts employed As mesmerism, asceticism For feeling guilt for...
by phillipw | Oct 20, 2019 | CH, ST
The Landscape of Love “all things to rive the heart are here, and all are vain” ~ Patrick Leigh Fermor, The Broken Road, 147 All things to rive the heart are here, and all Are vain. What trees there were have shed their bark And leaves and blooms. It is the...
by phillipw | Oct 18, 2019 | CH, ST
July 19, 2013 Siddārtha found, while meditating on The river, that enlightenment which he Was seeking, searching for. He found the dawn There. Buddha found there his serenity. The river represents that time beyond Eternity, that farthest bound for mind And soul. ...
by phillipw | Oct 18, 2019 | HE, ST, WH
“kitty kitty kitty” Was All She Could Say I cannot now recall my mother’s throat In words. For more than twenty years her speech Was dead before she died. A muffling bloat Occurred inside her brain. It was a screech Of blood that silenced her. No...
by phillipw | Oct 17, 2019 | FR, ST
Tutti Do not just speak. Be what you want to say. Make living out your life your message as You sing along with others. Every day Is meant to be a holy one that’s made of jazz And other happy tunes or sad ones when That inspiration comes. Keep ear...
by phillipw | Oct 16, 2019 | CH, ST
Prejudice Opposed to Prejudice Was Charles the East of West? He seemed to be The Buddhist or the Hindu mind in Christ. That mind included more of serendipity Than systematic thinking. He would heist Whatever doctrine his belief desired Among the thousands he could...
