by phillipw | Apr 15, 2020 | AE, BE, ES, Uncategorized
Ancient Art “the ancients had not that conception of beauty separated from goodness which forms the basis and aim of aesthetics in our time” ~ Leo Tolstoy A moral pillar rises from the base Of ancient poetry and art. The stone Is hard and white. It helps...
by phillipw | Apr 14, 2020 | BE, MA
Beauty on the Number 10, February 19, 2016 I wonder if he thinks that he is sweet, As sweet as he appears in this quick snap— Or sweeter even, maybe like a fleet Of wide sailed ships that bear across the map Of seas and move with sugar icebergs, streams As lovely as...
by phillipw | Apr 14, 2020 | BE
The Councillor on Radio Four Today after the Grenfell Catastrophe The councillor on air is very plain. He wants the money. However urgent The need, however huge and hot the pain, They care about money. No detergent Can wash away that dirt. The bureaucrats, Elected...
by phillipw | Apr 9, 2020 | AE, BE, ES
Critiquing Beauty Your beauty reasons truer than the truth. It throbs a thoughtful feeling where a mere Veracity of judgement yields to youth And freshest irises. Your pupils peer Past plain philosophy. Where liquid lies On lenses, they give entrance...
by phillipw | Apr 8, 2020 | AN, BE, PO
Upon the Face of Agamemnon “and also he [King Priam of Troy] admires Agamemnon for his beauty” ~ Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae, XIII, 906 Forget that Helen for a moment. Think Of gorgeous men. The King of Troy could not Resist men’s beauty. Helen caused a stink That...
by phillipw | Apr 8, 2020 | BE, LO
The Venerable, Ancient Need “And Socrates the philosopher, who despised everything, was, for all that, subdued by the beauty of Alcibiades; as also was the venerable Aristotle by the beauty of his pupil Phaselites.” ~ Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae, XIII, 906 The never...
