by phillipw | Nov 2, 2019 | MA
Never Mind The Marxists called the slaughter in the camps Of deep freeze Russia “detours.” What they meant Was grandiloquent History has small cramps Made up of murdered millions. Its ascent Is massive and its purpose is as calm As grey philosophers...
by phillipw | Nov 2, 2019 | MA, Uncategorized, WH
La Serenissima Surprise We thought her color wasn’t blue. We went To Venice then and suddenly we knew The truth. We learned that she was always meant To find the right ensemble of a blue So subtle that its lace and velvets showed Up several colors—blue of...
by phillipw | Nov 2, 2019 | LO, RO
“Do We Really Need the Moon?” [The title of a programme about science on BBC 4 television] Our madnesses are necessary for Romance and yet they loom in us sometimes, A waxing that becomes too much—and more— A full moon magnified by mist and crimes Of one...
by phillipw | Nov 2, 2019 | EV
All Inclusive Vacation: Spring, Winter, Summer, Medieval Ages, and the Renaissance, Magnolia virginiana: Everything as One A northern Italy the color of Depression drenched in rain instructs the square Which holds a summer tree as if...
by phillipw | Nov 2, 2019 | EN
Buddha with Acne Imagining the Buddha as a thing Of ugliness might help. Any insights Then might be less lovely. They might not sing Like anthems in a temple full of lights In polished candle holders. Beauty would Become beside the point. Revelation Would...
by phillipw | Nov 2, 2019 | MA, MO
Forever Abreast of Loveliness She knew the way to make us laugh, this clown From Beauty Land, and always made us smile Until she left to go where she came down From. Lips were always open, partly, while She looked at us—or rather at the lens That loved her almost...
by phillipw | Nov 2, 2019 | SU
The Sonnet of the Suicide Bombers Those star-mouthed virgins, crescent-moon-like holes ………………… Lit up beneath their veils, are licking words From Allah’s book to slime across our poles The moment we are martyrs. Softest curds...
by phillipw | Nov 1, 2019 | CO, IM
African Supremacy If Africa had been the most advanced Of continents, then long before the West And Islam had invaded and entranced The Africans with two religions’ best Presuppositions, Africa just might Have colonized the rest of us. ...
