by phillipw | Dec 26, 2019 | PH, WH
Span Span Span Span Span The earliest of colored pictures of Him shows him dressed in blue, but not a blue Of firmness, not a strong one. Pastel love Perhaps was its prediction. Pale is true, Though, also. Manliness is not required To be one hue. Maleness...
by phillipw | Dec 25, 2019 | WH
Removed from the Sinister (Second from the Left) …… Pastel and false in various ways, the pic Is truer than its maker meant. He thought To make us perfect, 1950s slick. Despite this sophistry, the vision caught Tells truer truths than visual ones. ...
by phillipw | Dec 25, 2019 | WH
An Ideal Shape ……….and the 1950s He lined us up in no conceivable Arrangement, except a pyramidal One, which is only just perceivable. Our father’s smile is not a riddle; He was a handsome, square-based man, and so The group’s...
by phillipw | Dec 25, 2019 | PE
Princesses Rose peonies in darkness do not lose Their glories. They become those Persian, veiled, And silken houris, held in carved screens, whose Dusked satin beauty is both crimped and waled, With nature’s pinking shears and golden edge. Their frilly...
by phillipw | Dec 25, 2019 | DI, DN
Another Tree A spring tree drifts a blizzard from its life Through April air. This snowstorm blends the sun With floating fluff and white. The world is rife With hope again on this Good Friday. Shun Old winter’s frozen hair and all it bodes. Think...
by phillipw | Dec 25, 2019 | GR, HA
Arthur Hallam Arthur Henry Hallam Alfred, Lord Tennyson 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 still...
by phillipw | Dec 24, 2019 | LO, UN
Pilgrimage The path to you is one of yearning, planned By God, though I’m not sure if it’s the path, Or you, or yearning that He schemed. He banned The hope of turning, whether in iron wrath Or softer metal (mercy) — silver, gold Or platinum. He...
by phillipw | Dec 24, 2019 | RI, VE
Exile According to Graham Robb’s biography of Rimbaud, .he & Verlaine visited Hyde Park Corner as tourists ………….during their first period in London. …………...
