by phillipw | Mar 12, 2020 | PE, SP, TE
…Hard to Protect Softness Don’t let opponents get too close to your Important jewels. Don’t let them grab your shorts And pull on them if you want to be sure Too hide your treasure chest. Nothing distorts Your dignity on playing fields as much As being...
by phillipw | Mar 12, 2020 | CA, KI
Black and White Uncompromisingly in Every Attitude For Prospero the world is black and white. It’s true he’s got green eyes—though, yes, pink nose And paw pads—and he wears fluorescent bright Green lights to warn birds that his stalking pose Looms close to...
by phillipw | Mar 12, 2020 | AU, GR, MO
The Rim Falls written on the edge of orange leaves, Upon the curling crest of surfer’s waves, On Violetta’s lashes as she grieves, The falling salt of love, salt eyes by graves— Are stunning all. They lame the heart and lung, These autumns peer...
by phillipw | Mar 12, 2020 | WH
Big Bros The younger brother, he’s allowed a trick Or two. They’re more like party tricks with snakes And mumbo jumbo, stuff like really slick Love poetry, those whatnots where the stakes Aren’t high like God, Intelligent Design, The...
by phillipw | Mar 12, 2020 | LO, RO, UN
Gilt Thin on a Black Lacquer Chinese Screen No dragons hold my love up in their claws For you. My love is not important or White mythical enough for that. No pause Inside the cosmos happens when I pour Devotion out beneath your feet for you To...
by phillipw | Mar 12, 2020 | ME
Turkish Delights The fruits of memory caked with silence are Unlike those crystal petal bonbons, sweet And bright in colors. Memory’s like a star Collapsed upon itself with weight, not heat, Far cooler. Keepsakes wrapped in rigid loss, Our memories...
by phillipw | Mar 11, 2020 | ME, MU
Mendelssohn without the Strains of Music How plain and stultified is music on The printed page, but stiff black staves and straight Blocked measures have a graceful antiphon Of phrase marks and of oval notes. Collate These with the treble clef and bass clef to Obtain...
by phillipw | Mar 11, 2020 | RO
Klutzes like President Lump Why people are so churlish is beyond Me. Sending out a humorous account Of my poetry reading, I was fond Enough to reckon that it would amount To a piece of bragging fun to my friends. Of course the overwhelming bulk of them Sent back...
