by phillipw | Apr 13, 2020 | DI, GO
Lost God “like the gods whose powers fade as they are carted off from their landscapes and dialects and universalized” ~ Michael Schmidt, The First Poets, 13 When God becomes too universal, he Is lost. He fades, Narcissus on a pool Too broad. A fuzziness...
by phillipw | Apr 13, 2020 | RO
The Silver of Serenissima’s Lagoon beneath the Surface of the Wet Blossom The rose extended one pink petal for The present, rain. The platform (made of sheen, Of satin, velvet) waited for that pour Of cleanliness, cleanliness so clean It held itself up proudly...
by phillipw | Apr 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
Poetry Down to Earth The picture shows the severed head and neck Of Orpheus beside a stream. No doubt https://artaccordingtome.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/100_0665.jpg Eyes being closed implies this muscled wreck Of pulsings struggled, suffered, and cried out While...
by phillipw | Apr 12, 2020 | OR, PO
Victim of Women Perhaps the chest of Orpheus alone, Or half a shoulder, half a curled head Would be enough for man. They might atone Among the rocks and olives where the dead Bereaved lie torn to shreds because of love By women. There a man might pick him...
by phillipw | Apr 11, 2020 | AN, RA, VI
Nude in the Gymnasium, Dressed in Modesty at Home “For the ancients, poetry socialized people; for the moderns, it reflects or promotes alienation.” ~ Michael Schmidt, The First Poets, 10 The ancient poets, epic poets, taught Their boys to find the maleness meant for...
