by phillipw | May 9, 2020 | DE, GO, RE, TH
Dangerous Theophany When Gods appear, we dare not look at them. We turn our heads and eyes. We stare at ground Or lower gaze and dare not touch a hem As robes go swirling by. A holy sound Comes haunting, muffled even. It brings awe. If Gods have curly hair, it...
by phillipw | May 6, 2020 | GO, PA, TR
Only Paradox is Universally True The cosmos touches me and I know love And also it is more the other way Around. The highest heaven far above And God’s foundations join as one. A May Of charity expresses one long truth That matters. When that spring explodes inside...
by phillipw | May 4, 2020 | AS, GO, RE
Circumsised Sentiment “The famous love story of King Dushyanta and Shakuntala in the Mahabharata…became the theme of Kalidasa’s (c. fourth-fifth centuries CE) play Abhijanashakuntala, which brings love to life in the way that the best drama does. Unluckily,...
by phillipw | Apr 29, 2020 | CR, DI, GO, TR
“Work of the Father of Glory” ………. — “weork Wuldor-Faeder” ……………~ Cædmon, “Cædmon’s Hymn” Ideals, those wonders that are perfect, come From only one perfection. Like begets Its like, its offspring, that proceeding from...
by phillipw | Apr 28, 2020 | GO, LO
Love Does not Forget, Shimmering Inside from Everlasting to Everlasting “Paul Cartledge reminds us that ‘the ancient Greek word for “truth” meant literally “not forgetting”.’” Michael Schmidt, The First Poets, 22 A truth cannot be lost while...
by phillipw | Apr 20, 2020 | GO
Before We Brought Them Down Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image ~ Exodus 20:4 When gods become mere figures, they are not Gods anymore. They slip to being oil On canvas, words on pages, poems caught In scrolls and codexes. Gods used to roil Around in...
