by phillipw | May 4, 2020 | AN, GR, Ho
The Blinded Poet Sang The ancient Greeks were heartless beasts. They loved The slaughter in the Iliad, the rape Of women captured and subdued. Greeks shoved Themselves between those thighs and hips agape For domination by triumphant men. They gloated in...
by phillipw | May 4, 2020 | AN, DI, GR
Nuances in Curves “The Diadoumenos” in Daniel Schwartz, Metamorphoses/Greek Photographs, Thames and Hudson, London and New York, 1986 The light falls, slant. It falls in shadowed, dim, And subtle patches. It is like the gods Who sometimes hide...
by phillipw | May 3, 2020 | AN, AS, HU
Ashokan Amnesia “While the memory of Ashoka having set up stone pillars persisted, what his epigraphs recorded was entirely forgotten. The pillar at Niglihawa, while recognized as Ashokan, is said to have been engraved with “the record of the...
by phillipw | May 3, 2020 | VI
Purity What if, when books were opened, we found leaves, Not leaves of books, but autumn leaves, of elms And maples, sycamores, or fragrant sheaves Of deer tongue shoots, vanilla in their realms Of soul. What if, when volumes opened, they Revealed...
by phillipw | May 3, 2020 | MA
Convenience pexels-photo-3197885 Behind the mask, beneath the clothes a man Is lurking. Hairiness of skin on chest (Perhaps) presents a layer on that span Inside his sweatshirt. Farther down a nest Of tighter hair is waiting for a hand (Your touch),...
