by phillipw | Apr 8, 2020 | FR, GR, HE
Qumran Caves versus the Academy, Character by Character “Greek scribes could be inaccurate, unlike the meticulous transcribers of Hebrew scripture whose work was judged, character by character, by God himself.” ~ Michael Schmidt, The First Poets The...
by phillipw | Mar 30, 2020 | AN, AR, GR
Broad Marble Guidance Appropriating what we want from Greece Of centuries long, long past, we take the things We find uplifting. Statues white as peace Are chosen. Hermes lifts us up with wings That grow from swiftest feet. His beauty speeds Us up tabove...
by phillipw | Mar 29, 2020 | AG, AN, GR
Classic Clarity Who’d want to read the ancient poets, myth And tales, because of facts? Aegean blue And empty temples, ancient gravesites with A beaten gold mask may be facts and true, But true enough? Excited Schliemann sends The king of Greece a...
by phillipw | Mar 28, 2020 | GR
Computer-generated Reverence Achaean gods and monsters have been morphed, Becoming Hollywood and cartoon hypes. These pumped up Marvel heroes lately dwarfed The deities now turned to hollow types In most kids’ brainscapes. Disney, Warner Bros, And animation rule...
by phillipw | Mar 28, 2020 | AN, GR, SC
Unexpected Metallic Mental Images Imagine being naked, turned to green Bronze, appliquéd with gold growths on your chest, And trying to look calm. The metal sheen Of gilding, coral-like, has coalesced Upon the semi-gloss of sternum, mounds Of breasts, and upper...
by phillipw | Mar 28, 2020 | AN, GR, MY
We Innocents, Maidens, and Virgin Lads Waiting for the Minotaur More than slightly puzzled in a distant way By artefacts from long-gone cultures, we React as people always do when they can’t say Exactly what the ancients then could see In their religions and their...
