by phillipw | Apr 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Antikythera Mechanism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism “Paul Cartledge reminds us that ‘the ancient Greek word for “truth” meant literally “not forgetting”.’ ” ~ Michael Schmidt, The First Poets, 22 The truth is never lost. It cannot be. Suppose...
by phillipw | Apr 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Watson & Crick, Thank God At any moment revelation comes Perhaps not like a flash of light that blinds And leaves us prostrate on the road. Life’s crumbs Are not all; often though they fill our minds As if sublimity does not exist. Yet even crumbs might do the...
by phillipw | Apr 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
A Black and Curly Male Head Leads I like this image since it shows he cares More for his lyre than for his wife. He holds It forward. Clearly future unsung airs And poetry, as lovely as the folds In robes behind him and the graceful wife, Are more important than the...
by phillipw | Apr 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Stunned, Stung with Esthetic Tears “When it reaches Alexandria, poetry comes in out of the sun, retires to the library . . . And so it [poetry] survives in a world where the vulgar tongue is not Greek.” ~ Michael Schmidt, The First Poets, 19 At Florida Technological U...
by phillipw | Apr 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Scorn “Enargeîs is the technical term ‘for divine epiphany: a word that contains the dazzle of “white,” argós, which comes to designate a pure, unquestionable “conspicuous-ness” ’ ”. ~ Michael Schmidt, The First Poets, 19 I wonder if perhaps we moderns know This...
