by phillipw | May 13, 2020 | BR, LU, SE
Gilded Scales Hanging from a Limb Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem http://www.photopedagogy.com/uploads/5/0/0/9/50097419/6978873_orig.jpg “Beauty will be CONVULSIVE or will not be at all.” ~ André...
by phillipw | May 13, 2020 | BE, CH, PU, ST
Charles Randall Stanfield from a Bergamot Tree Today I thought of him. I poured a cup Of English tea and, as I poured, my mind Did that strange thing that brains will do — filled up With something unexpected. Life aligned With beauty not related to the tea, Its...
by phillipw | May 13, 2020 | AN, KN, TR
Ancient Greek Knowledge “Men must learn by suffering. Drop by drop in sleep upon the heart Falls the laborious memory of pain. Against one’s will comes wisdom.” …..~ Chorus in AGAMEMNON, Aeschylus translated by Louis MacNeice The classic Greeks knew death...
by phillipw | May 13, 2020 | AN, MA, OL
Zero Truth from Ancient India or the Olmecs It wasn’t an Islamic scholar who First formulated arithmetic’s zero. No matter how much Muslims might want to Deny that fact, the actual hero, An ancient not even slightly linked with The Arab world, did it. The simple fact...
by phillipw | May 13, 2020 | AN, RE, SA
The Sacredness of Steak A rite of sacrifice and hunting kill Were when an ancient Greek could gnaw some meat. At other times he had to have bean stew or grill Some fish or octopus the local fleet Hauled in. The local lord, who served as priest To tribal gods,...
