by phillipw | Jul 7, 2020 | PO
Ha Ha Ha Ha Hacking (Pathetic) Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem “A first-century Roman acquired an ancient statue of the comic poet Poseidippus (c. 316-250 BC). He had a local craftsman resculpt it...
by phillipw | Jul 7, 2020 | CO, FO, PO, TR
Formal Poetry against Free Verse Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse modern poem contemporary poem Plato in “inventing some extraordinarily powerful images of his own” came up with “notably the poet as Corybant”. ~ Penelope...
by phillipw | Jul 7, 2020 | AN, EP, PO, PR
Epicinian: Poetry Is a Victory if We Do Not Bastardize It “The continuous efforts of English poets in every generation to rediscover a ‘language really used by men’ would have been incomprehensible to a[n ancient] Greek.’” ~ Michael Schmidt, The First Poets, 15,...
by phillipw | Jul 6, 2020 | DE, PO
Dim Imprecision: Ambiguity and Clarity “Poetry could reflect on itself, acknowledge its dim imprecision, and know itself to be interpretation and not a window onto pure truth.” ~ http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/plato-and-the-poets/ True poetry is dim and like a torch...
by phillipw | Jul 5, 2020 | OD, PO, PR
A Sacred Prize Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse Gods used to care about men’s singing love And poetry. A victory in song Made up of music and male words above The rest in contests was akin to strong Success in battle. ...
by phillipw | Jul 5, 2020 | CL, PO, TR
Ars Poetica Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse “The word ‘classic’ itself . . . derives from the Latin word classicus which referred to recruits of the ‘first class’, the heavy infantry in the Roman army. The...
