by phillipw | May 10, 2020 | EL, EU
The Power of Poetry “Lysander spared Athens from destruction, moved by the beauty of the chorus in Electra.” ~ Michael Schmidt, The First Poets, p. 416 A single chorus sung saved Athens from Lysander’s havoc. “Level Athens,” urged A Theban officer. “Let it...
by phillipw | May 9, 2020 | EL, MA, PR, QU, SE
H.R.H. Prince Philip His limbs have shrunk. The skin is slack And wrinkled like his balls have always been Though it is paler, thinner than that sack. The hairs that used to stick out from each shin Evaporated years ago and yet She still remembers him hunching...
by phillipw | May 6, 2020 | EL, JU, MA, MO, Ta
Cleopatras Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem The Queen of Egypt, Cleopatra, won The love of Roman rulers. Mythic in Her force to ravish first the older one And then seduce the younger man,...
by phillipw | Apr 8, 2020 | AN, EL
Hoot Elegies “Initially the elegy was not restricted to laments. On the contrary, there was the erotic elegy (brilliantly taken up by the Latin poet Ovid)” ~ Michael Schmidt, The First Poets, 11 In long gone centuries elegies were hot With sex. The...
by phillipw | Jan 29, 2020 | AN, EL
Magnificat He stands upon a giant gallstone. Why Is not explained. Around the painting small Ones are deployed in clumps to hurt the eye. Perhaps the purpose is to hint, as tall And stretched as possible, the pain...
by phillipw | Nov 14, 2019 | DR, EL
Wish Lanterns Glow Old people harbor wishes, maybe with Their grudges. Wishes also linger from Their childhood daydreams each one like a myth Created solely for one heart. They come Back to these children made of wrinkles, stiff With memories, and these...
