by phillipw | Jul 13, 2020 | NU, OR, ST, WI
Pigs Would Fly if Their Sties Were Noble Poor Socrates. He thought that if the young Were wrapped in images of beauty, they Would take good in and then could climb each rung Of rightness. Lovelinesses would convey Them up and straight to healthiness of soul. Their...
by phillipw | Jul 12, 2020 | DE, IM, MO, OR
Orpheus, Once Torn Limb from Sturdy Limb Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem ………. Orphée by Raoul Dufy Long after he was...
by phillipw | Jul 12, 2020 | DE, OR
Orpheus like One Crucified Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem His music tamed a god and tamed the world Except for human hatreds. Fiercest birds Orpheus by Astrid Zydower Rose up to...
by phillipw | Jul 12, 2020 | AN, OE, OR
Myths of Poetry The early words of poetry arose From darkness in the depths of throat and lungs In caves and mixed with burning air. The bows And arrows in the shadows gave the tongues That sang the blood and flesh which chanting needs. Or else out on a...
by phillipw | Jul 12, 2020 | HE, MI, OR, PL, ST
Misogyny (μισογυνία) is a Greek Word Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “What would a man not give to engage in conversation with Orpheus?” ~ Plato That marble minded Plato thinks of men, Not women,...
by phillipw | Jul 8, 2020 | HE, JO, OR, PL, TH
Invisible Ivory Music Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter. ~ John Keats Herus Pamphilius claimed that Orpheus’s drifting soul, destined to be incarnated anew in some other physical form after he had died, elected to be born a swan so that he...
