by phillipw | Apr 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
Poetry and Hateful Plato Alone among male populations of The ancient world (and modern) Plato held The poet Orpheus in hatred. Love Of poets and of music had not swelled In Plato, ever. Orpheus was charged With cowardice and being just a harp Player. The accusations...
by phillipw | Apr 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Creed “One mustn’t accuse Virgil or Ovid of originality, of wilfully making fictions of such importance. By the time of the Roman poets, everything was done upon established authority, and what was original was the way the derived pieces were assembled.” ~ Michael...
by phillipw | Apr 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
Comedy or Tragedy: Someone Should Have Told Shakespeare When comedy was talked about, the thought Of Plato and his mates was that the laugh Was different from the groan. A playwright ought To write just one of these. It was a gaffe To try to make the comic and the...
by phillipw | Apr 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
Occasionally We each one turn to poetry when we Need visionary calm. We all then turn Together when we need to sail a sea Of deep share sorrow. When our eyeballs burn With grief, we feel like one—when mourning brings A nation and the world to staggered breath (A...
by phillipw | Apr 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
Orpheus like One Crucified His music tamed a god and tamed the world Except for human hatred. Fiercest birds Orpheus by Astrid Zydower Rose up to beauty’s calmer heights. Love swirled Around the poet’s music and his words And animals around his shouldered arms To find...
