by phillipw | Apr 7, 2020 | BA
Coherent “Anacreon[2] (a native of Teos in Asia Minor) sings that his barbitos only gives out erotic tones.[1] ” Wikipedia, “Barbiton” ………. More delicate, pastel in sound than lyres, The barbitos was songstress Sappho’s harp And...
by phillipw | Apr 7, 2020 | AN
I Have Looked upon the Face of Jolliness The ancient Greeks in poetry were lewd As limericks, playful, silly as a stand Up joker on a comic’s platform, rude And crude, yep, far more rude than Russell Brand. Emitted from these ancient rhythmic throats Were poems...
by phillipw | Apr 7, 2020 | AS
Ashokan Dominance An emperor becomes a convert to Ascetic truth, a truth that speaks decrees Against the slaughter of poor beasts, yes, true To mercy. Soon the ruler starts to seize Adherents in his regal grasp, the nuns And monks in their humility and calm,...
by phillipw | Apr 6, 2020 | GU
One of the most famous mythological figures in Chinese Buddhism is Guanyin Bodhisattva. His name means “observing voices.” When he hears suffering cries , he appears instantly to help . He is enshrined in Buddhist temples in China . He is also she,...
by phillipw | Apr 6, 2020 | BA, DI, EM
Little Blues Packets Thomas Wentworth Higginson reported Dickinson’s comments about sweets in a letter to his wife: “‘People must have puddings’ this [was said] very dreamily, as if they were comets—so she makes them” (L342a)...
