by phillipw | Jan 12, 2020 | CI
Bewitched Wikicommons When Circe is reduced to trivial Tableau by Burne-Jones, caught in old gold, blue And black and white, tainting convivial Containers in “The Wine of Circe,” true Iniquity is camouflaged. He seemed To realize this...
by phillipw | Jan 12, 2020 | LO
Utter Her words came down as if they fell from scars Across the moon. She had not meant to hurt, Which only made it worse. As cold as Mars Her sentence entered me. It was the dirt Beneath Antarctic ice. It wasn’t that The words were toneless,...
by phillipw | Jan 11, 2020 | IS, VU
A Sudden Island http://news.yahoo.com/satellite-photo-shows-island-rising-earths-red-sea-170703840.html A sudden island surges from the sea Where once low waves were rulers of the heights. A plume of smoke like Lucifer’s goatee Spreads white across the...
by phillipw | Jan 11, 2020 | MA, PE
6, 28, 496, 8128 . . . Perfection is a state devoutly sought, Evinced alone in mathematics, though. Reach out for it in other realms, there’s nought For seekers of this purest state. There’s no Escaping it: the sciences and art Collaborate...
by phillipw | Jan 9, 2020 | LO, RO, UN
When I Wake Up, I am Absent from Thee ‘As ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.’ 2 Corinthians 1:7 Two continents and long tides far away You live alone now and we sleep apart. The beauties of my high spec life hold...
by phillipw | Jan 8, 2020 | VE
A Filthy Flow An image of St. Mark’s reflected in The waves of aqua alta warps the strength Of loveliness. Distortions caused by sin Are called to mind. Iniquities at length Are brought to judgment. Past Venetians stole That body from a church down by...
by phillipw | Jan 8, 2020 | CO
The Counter Tenor …………..”Higher still and higher” High singing in the gothic arches high Above is asthe fan-like vaulting, spread And strong in its complexity. That sky Of stone divisions is at one with red And gold bright...
by phillipw | Jan 8, 2020 | WI
Intact If you should go before I do, I want One thing. I want you quietly fulfilled With knowledge that I loved. No need to haunt Yourself with this devotion: it was spilled For life, for life. Don’t take conviction to That petty kingdom of your...
