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...
by phillipw | Sep 21, 2019 | GR, HA, TE, Uncategorized
Arthur Hallam 0 …………………..Arthur Henry Hallum Deep grief refuses warping. You can fold It, put it in a safe-deposit box Protected by a speechless cipher, cold Steel doors with sleepless guards, and keyless locks, But grief...
by phillipw | Sep 15, 2019 | AS, Uncategorized
[Some readers might find this sonnet offensive. If you are easily offended, please do not read it.] Asshole, The An adolescent man who has the plague Inside his veins keeps sacred mystery Among his heartbeats. No hints, clear or vague, Will say he’ll give his...
by phillipw | Aug 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Some Myths Come Up Inside Us 0\s Some myths come up inside us with the force Of memory. I wake to find that I Have been gnawing on the flesh of a Norse God; just a dream, except that there’s the dye Of truth in it because the meat was Charles My friend. That...
by phillipw | Aug 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Time Might not Go Forever 0 Time might not go forever but it’s long Enough to grow quite thin. That’s why we’ve thought Up things like God, immortal life, and song Of angels praising Him from the year dot– If His creation of them was the...
by phillipw | Aug 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Linda Means . . . 0 The boy whose heart replaced his tongue sat down Beside the girl in deepest petticoats That whispered like the whitest waves. The crown Of that poor male’s fraught day, they were the boats That carried off his thinking to a place So...
