by phillipw | Apr 16, 2020 | PA
Manifesto for the Past We try to write a manifesto for The past; not history—the Past. We want To mold those things they call the facts, and more Then that we wish to change what men can vaunt As for triumphs in their greed and realms have gone by. Men must not...
by phillipw | Apr 15, 2020 | PA, PL
Nightmare in Plato’s Cave “Antony Hatzistavrou (‘“Correctness” and Poetic Knowledge: Choric Poetry in the Laws’) defends the claim that ‘a work of art is beautiful if and only if it successfully represents a beautiful original’.” ~...
by phillipw | Apr 14, 2020 | PA, SE
The Unattempted Flight Somewhere beyond my mind an unmarked grave Contains a nun, or what is left of her. Somewhere beyond a chapel’s little nave, In convent grounds, the nun is now a slur Of rotted body parts and stains on bones. But even if the hole that hides her...
by phillipw | Apr 14, 2020 | AR, CO, PA
A Long, Long Way from classical Greece at the Bottom of the Indian Ocean I’m curious about what women peek At as the men fixate on tits. Do gals Examine buttocks and their swollen, sleek Bronze dullness? Are women’s, visual pals The bulging abs or maybe hulking...
by phillipw | Apr 8, 2020 | PA
~ Francisco Bayeu, Wikipedia Goya, Wikipedia ~ Goya, Saturn Devouring his Son, Wikipedia The Best of Spanish Painters The best of Spanish painters in his time (According to his peers), his status grew Until he held the highest posts, the prime Positions. This was...
by phillipw | Apr 4, 2020 | AN, CH, OL, PA
776 B.C. to 393 A.D. The sprint, the one event, the only race Was solemn, sacred, holy. Gods leaned down And over clouds to watch a handsome face Push forward to deserve the victor’s crown. No one, except those gods perhaps, could know Just how...
