by phillipw | Jun 11, 2020 | AN, GR, OR
Crushed Wings of Longing Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse “Some say he was around sixty-three years old when he met his death” ~ Michael Schmidt, The First Poets Much longer than the greatest poet I Have lived. We have no notion...
by phillipw | Jun 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
Lyric Greece: a Sonnet Sequence Part Two Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Daedalus and Icarus Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem...
by phillipw | Jun 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
Lyric Greece: a Sonnet Sequence Part One Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse The first reader of “Lyric Greece” (a scientist, novelist, and poet) said he was...
by phillipw | Jun 5, 2020 | AR, BL, CH, EA, HA, HE, Ho, MA, WA, WH
Backside Gas in that Jar Called Yale One Harold Bloom says modern verse began In 1890—or about then. That Is what one venerating friend claims. Can That be? Only an academic prat Could be so arrogant and blinkered. I Say modern verse began at least as far Back...
by phillipw | Jun 4, 2020 | LO, LU, SE
The Climax “To be philosophical, then, is to be vigilant – sôphron – about one’s erotic mania.” ~ http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/plato-and-the-poets/ A manly mindfulness is not enough. You have to think as hard as marble cut To temple pillars carved with grooves...
