by phillipw | Jul 7, 2020 | CO, FR, LO, RO, TR
France, the Ancient Place of Love “In the mid-fifth century [B.C.], however, a Greek at the Cap d’Antibes inscribed two verses on a black stone shaped like a penis: ‘I am Mister Pleaser, the servant of the holy Goddess Aphrodite.’” ~ Robin Lane Fox, The Classical...
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 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...
by phillipw | Jun 30, 2020 | AN, CO, TR
Comedy or Tragedy: Someone Should Have Told Shakespeare Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse When comedy was talked about, the thought Of Plato and his mates was that the laugh Was different from the groan. A playwright ought To write...
by phillipw | Jun 30, 2020 | AN, PO, TR
Costumed Judgment Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse The royalty and myths and heroes of Those eras far removed in masked up time Produced the primal tragedies. The love In them, the hate, and motives for each crime Are seen...
by phillipw | Jun 25, 2020 | CO, FR, MO, TR
Defeat in Battle ………. True beauty is allowed to lapse to make Some room for what is novel, just the new, As if by definition modish ache Is better than the perfect pain. This skew Along to holiness of fashion runs The flopping risk of...
