by phillipw | Apr 4, 2020 | OL
The Olympics From distant parts, as far as the Black Sea, Far flung as eastern Spain and all around The Greek dispersion’s width, divinity Called men to try themselves on summer ground. The hottest time of year was chosen for The Games. Why Zeus picked...
by phillipw | Apr 4, 2020 | AN, CH, OL, PA
776 B.C. to 393 A.D. The sprint, the one event, the only race Was solemn, sacred, holy. Gods leaned down And over clouds to watch a handsome face Push forward to deserve the victor’s crown. No one, except those gods perhaps, could know Just how...
by phillipw | Apr 4, 2020 | CA
Shàn in Abundance I know a woman in Beijing who cares. She cares for cats. She rescues them the way The Buddha might. She takes them in and shares Her tiny income with them. People flay And eat them in the south of China. She Protects abandoned...
by phillipw | Apr 3, 2020 | AT, DE
Love that is Love “Then his folly is Pure madness, but his wisdom a philosopher’s” From the Phaedrus of Alexis, In Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae A giant book about gastronomy And wisdom—if such stuff can be...
by phillipw | Apr 3, 2020 | CA, FL
Falun Gong Forbearance at the Castillo de San Marcos, St. Augustine, Florida The Spanish in Saint Augustine knew well That some day France’s warships would loom Near. Cannons would attack. Attempts to quell Disaster were required to meet the boom Of French...
