by phillipw | Jul 5, 2020 | AN, AT, BO, CA, CL, CO, CY, HE, IS, PI, SA
Treasures from the Wreck of the Unrecoverable Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse “Athenaeus quotes more than ten thousand lines of verse in it, many not preserved or attested elsewhere.” ~ Michael Schmidt, The First Poets Ten...
by phillipw | Jul 5, 2020 | AT, DE, NA, YO
Two Men from Two Small Places Save Poetry for the Universe: Athenaeus of Naucratis and C. D. Yonge of the Village of Eton Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem One thousand and six hundred later years...
by phillipw | Jun 13, 2020 | AN, AT, JO
Treasures from the Wreck of the Unrecoverable Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “Athenaeus quotes more than ten thousand lines of verse in it, many not preserved or attested elsewhere.” ~ Michael...
by phillipw | May 6, 2020 | AT, AU, FA
October Conviction Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The bird lifts up its wings to soak up fire’s Orange warmth, its orange and yellow heat. The wings Spread wide to soak up more. The black aspires...
by phillipw | Apr 3, 2020 | AT, DE
Love that is Love “Then his folly is Pure madness, but his wisdom a philosopher’s” From the Phaedrus of Alexis, In Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae A giant book about gastronomy And wisdom—if such stuff can be...
by phillipw | Dec 11, 2019 | AT
Obscuring Dust If only Nagasaki had produced A flimsy beauty quite as spirit-like As this released by fatality, loosed By unexpected cataclysm, a spike Of unimaginable death, a blast Like Zeta Ophiuchi’s Siamese Twin. Gorgeousness diaphanous and...
