by phillipw | Apr 5, 2020 | AM, BA, DI
Slanted Raising Agents When Emily abandoned schoolwork, she Assumed the baking in her family home. She turned away from the formality Of thinking of philosophers. Her dome Became the kitchen ceiling. Still, the view Outside that house took in the graveyard...
by phillipw | Apr 5, 2020 | BE
The Tasteful Judge of Beauty “But I am a great admirer of beauty myself. For in the contests [at Athens] for the prize of manliness, they select the handsomest, and give them the post of honour to bear the sacred vessels at the festivals of the gods. And at Elis...
by phillipw | Apr 4, 2020 | OL
Ancient Youthful Masculinity Eight hundred years before the Christ was born, Oympic games rose up in glory, sweat, And blood. On hairy bodies (that were shorn Of clothing) manly arms and torsos met And grappled, struggles complicated by The slickness on the skin of...
by phillipw | Apr 4, 2020 | OL
The Olympics From distant parts, as far as the Black Sea, Far flung as eastern Spain and all around The Greek dispersion’s width, divinity Called men to try themselves on summer ground. The hottest time of year was chosen for The Games. Why Zeus picked...
by phillipw | Apr 4, 2020 | AN, CH, OL, PA
776 B.C. to 393 A.D. The sprint, the one event, the only race Was solemn, sacred, holy. Gods leaned down And over clouds to watch a handsome face Push forward to deserve the victor’s crown. No one, except those gods perhaps, could know Just how...
