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Orpheus, Once Torn Limb from Sturdy Limb

Orpheus, Once Torn Limb from Sturdy Limb Modern poetry  modern verse  contemporary poetry  contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem ……….                                                               Orphée by Raoul Dufy Long after he was...

Orpheus like One Crucified

Orpheus like One Crucified Modern poetry  modern verse  contemporary poetry  contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem His music tamed a god and tamed the world Except for human hatreds.  Fiercest birds               Orpheus by Astrid Zydower Rose up to...

Orpheus Died Several Times and Could not Save Himself

Orpheus Died Several Times and Could not Save Himself Modern poetry  modern verse  contemporary poetry  contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Intent is feeble like a hyacinth In rocks along a mountain path where feet Can crush.  Intent is not a marble...

Oracular, or Delphi at its Worst*

Oracular, or Delphi at its Worst* In Homer’s time no word existed for Art.  Praxitiles and Sappho had no term For it. The Greeks had not even the spore Of such a word, so Plato spoke no firm Ideals about that thing which we call art. He had too much, perhaps, to say...

Pindar on Theoxenus

      Pindar on Theoxenus   The poet Pindar focuses on love Derived from burning rays from flashing eyes Of young Theoxenus.  They are above All others.  Love in any other guise Is dimness at its best.  The sun can melt The wax of bees, can sting it with its heat....