by phillipw | May 14, 2020 | AN, GA, Ho, LO, SE
Sarmentus Deliciae, Augustus, and Falernian Intoxication A few of us (and I am one) are known By name when centuries have passed. Just one Peculiar quality defines us. Grown Men cannot do without us for their fun. Our beauty is intoxicating from The first sip that...
by phillipw | May 13, 2020 | AN
The Roman Matron, the Eloquent Philosopher, and the Rostrom in Rome from which He Delivered his Speeches The matron Fulvia, once wife of two Great men, awaits her chance. They both were foes Of Cicero, first Clodius. Her new One was Mark Antony. This day her...
by phillipw | May 13, 2020 | AN, CA, NI, VI
Safe Spaces—“Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” “When the Athenians sent leaders of their philosophy schools to Rome on an embassy in 155 BC, one of them, the sceptic Carneades, pleaded on one day for justice in politics, on the next day for injustice. Cato...
by phillipw | May 13, 2020 | AN, SY
This sonnet may offend some readers. If you think it might offend you, please do not read it. Out and About after an Evening of Swilling on Upper-Class Couches Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The...
by phillipw | May 13, 2020 | AN, BO, DI, GA, GO, GR, HE
Inner Sanctums of Hole-iness Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The gods loomed more than superstars do now. The gods were more like legendary fire Behind a gilded curtain. They would plough A lad or...
by phillipw | May 13, 2020 | AN, OL, PO, Uncategorized, WA
Poetry is Not the Lever and Fulcrum of Archimedes Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “The full-flowering Scottish tradition of Henryson, Dunbar and Douglas was defeated when Scotland was defeated.” ~...
