by phillipw | Sep 26, 2019 | LO, PO, RI, VE
Even? “A relationship between two poets of the same sex, even if there is a physical basis, may provide an intensive intellectual companionship and stimulation.” ~ Wallace Fowlie, 1946 When poetry explodes in friction from Deep similarities, expect the best And...
by phillipw | Sep 26, 2019 | BE, PA, PO, VE
A Wan Jesus Levitating on His Cross “a poet of melancholy and shadows, of a fragile and intensely personal Catholicism, and of the springtime of love” ~ Edmund White on Paul Verlaine Petite the pieces and emotions, shades And tones—the minor mode prevailing—verse For...
by phillipw | Sep 17, 2019 | RI, VE
Is Suffering Not Suffering? Is suffering not suffering if bathetic? If one of them, though adult, asks his mum To rescue him, is that so pathetic That it’s not agony? He goes to slum Around a foreign city with his mate (In every sense) but gets so drunk and...
by phillipw | Sep 17, 2019 | RI, UN, VE
Sex, Drugs, and Red Roses It seems at least a possibility That spoiled brats might just have feelings, too. They’d have the usual ones, hostility And sulking, and that adolescent brew Of self-regard, fragility and rage. But maybe Rimbaud had some emotion Like...
by phillipw | Aug 28, 2019 | VE
Charlie McCarthies, All God isn’t a ventriloquist. He’s worse. He holds us firmly in his grip, His hand Inside, more deep than heart or mind. Averse To everything outside His Triple Band, He is especially opposed to aid In talking. Throats impeded by...
by phillipw | Aug 20, 2019 | PE, VE
European Conqueror In Serenissima I know it’s art Or architecture that’s supposed to be The main attraction. They both grab my heart, Especially the buildings when I see Them from the vaporetti, reflections In choppiness of Grand Canal sights split Up, shining like...
