by phillipw | Jul 7, 2020 | AN, EP, IM
Ever Newly Old Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Each time that Homer spoke his epics, they Were new. His improvising made the old A new creation slightly. He could play With ready-made...
by phillipw | Jul 5, 2020 | AN, HE, Ho, IM, PO
Aurora Actuality “We can confirm almost nothing about Homer and Hesiod, yet we have no problem, even when we should, believing in them.” ~ Michael Schmidt, The First Poets, 22 Who doubts that Homer, Hesiod, the old And oldest poets ever lived? Why should We? ...
by phillipw | May 20, 2020 | FO, GR, IM, MO, SE
Vacuum Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem His father died and Tony’s body dried Up, its oases withering to dunes Of numbness. Something shriveled deep inside. Bright pools of sexuality are...
by phillipw | Apr 19, 2020 | IM, MA, TR
Himmortality “In 1999, the futurist Ray Kurzwell published a book entitled The Age of Spiritual Machines. He looked forward to a future in which the ‘human species, along with the computational technology it created, will be able to solve age-old problems . . . and...
by phillipw | Mar 3, 2020 | ET, IM
Perpetual Quietude Why would immortal gods or angels pause In thankfulness for moments, hours — for time? Why would such beings think it needs applause Since after all each day is just a chime To tell them they have years forever. Souls Eternal in their...
by phillipw | Dec 10, 2019 | IM
Theoretical Swan The whiteness of the swan moves on the night- Time blackness of the Thames. It is as though His bill seems orange, as if the darkened light Would actually allow another glow Than white and black. This is an artefact Of data from the hours...
