by phillipw | Jul 30, 2019 | VE, WO
Venice and Wokingham Where Wokingham has charming little red Brick houses decorated with cream stone, Where little of old English charm has fled Away, I find a volume on the blown Glass gracefulness Venetian lungs have made For centuries. Italian lips have forced An...
by phillipw | Jul 30, 2019 | BE
A Tenor in the Choir [there are three alternatives for the last line . . .] His face is like a student I once taught; Not just the pupil’s eyes, the brightness, too, And humor in the face, with freckles fraught, A gratifying galaxy, a slew Of them across his...
by phillipw | Jul 29, 2019 | BE
Musical Rightness in the Rare Books and Music Reading Room The space between his eyebrows is so wide It might contain nine symphonies, and all The works of Mozart, or the whole deep tide Of oceans that we label music. Tall Conceptions captured in long swelling bars...
by phillipw | Jul 29, 2019 | FO
February Fox Last night the fox we feed in bowls behind Our house came just at twelve. His long, thick tail Was bushier than last time and defined By flakes that fell and fell within the veil Of cold for whitest hours. He, taking out His chunks of chicken one by...
by phillipw | Jul 29, 2019 | GA
A Costume for the Bros My mother bought me purple shoes, Deep lavender at least. To hell with blue Suede! They were what a gay black guy would choose If he desired to signal with a clue To other men. Inside the box she placed Some lilac corduroy pants and socks....
by phillipw | Jul 29, 2019 | MA
Blond Manliness He has this hair that sweeps across his head In ways that every waterfall would want. The thickness and the strenghts are currents spread Across his scalp, a gushing fountain’s flaunt Of blondness mixed with undercurrents. These Are shadow...
by phillipw | Jul 29, 2019 | LE
A Wintry Gift From ghostofelberry.wordpress.com According to Leigh Fermor, Keats was found In rooms filled up with antlers in a schloss castle Which Patrick visited. A Horace bound In gilding and in green he took across The continent. A sixteen hundreds book, It...
by phillipw | Jul 29, 2019 | AR
Arctictis binturong Photo by Bart Van den Bosch Confusingly Arctictis binturong Is called a bear and also called a cat. Its tail is furry long and very strong And when the beast’s asleep it’s hairy flat. It wields its furred prehensile tail (rope-like...
