by phillipw | May 18, 2020 | Ho, MY, RA, SA, SE, ST, TE
Ad Augusta per Angusta— to Elevated Goals through Narrow Paths Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem A vision of the narrow path to high Perfection, highest pitch of tenor goals, With something like a throat...
by phillipw | May 18, 2020 | LO, RO, SE
Distant The morning tastes of gray. It smells of brown. The clouds are bland the way they touch the heart; A muffled beigeness covers all the town. When sunrise came it sounded like the start Of fungi growing in an autumn lawn. The sunsets have the...
by phillipw | May 18, 2020 | AN, CH, FR
Full of Elegance and Truth: Fra Angelico’s Annunciation in the Prado [Look at the painting first? Go to the blue link immediately below. In case you don’t already know, Mary is nearly always dressed in red (because of Christ’s Passion)...
by phillipw | May 18, 2020 | AN, CH
Pregnant Paradox: Picardo’s Anunciación in the Prado Picardo Anunciación.jpeg A hint of heaven is all there is in her Apparel. Darker it could hardly be, So bleak you almost have to wish, infer The indigo in shadows where you see The actual truth: that...
by phillipw | May 18, 2020 | AR, DO, IV, PH, WH, WO
Under the Florida Son On Wilson’s first Inaugural Day A “man” was born. His father always called Him “Man.” For instance, Archibald might say, “Go do your hunting, Man.” Archie’d been galled To have so many females in his life, Was thrilled to have...
by phillipw | May 18, 2020 | CH, DE, MO, SE, ST
The Lake Your eyes grow deep as galaxies for me, Much deeper than the sky at dusk, as high And deep as midnight and serenity Reflected on the surface like the cry A swan sends echoing—all this because Of death. Old memories include your head, My lap,...
by phillipw | May 18, 2020 | EF, GR, ME, TO
Across the Breadth and Height Across the breadth and height of England spread Out harshly on their slabs beneath the stained Glass, death, and honor men lie, with a head Of stone or metal, memory sustained Just barely in a chapel or a church, Cathedrals...
by phillipw | May 18, 2020 | BR
Poor Little Rich Kids at the British Nigerian Academy I found a little emptied pouch of sweet Milk powder on my classroom floor today. At first this puzzled me. Did someone cheat By drinking coffee and, worse, get away With this transgression during English class? But...
