by phillipw | Apr 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
Orpheus Died Several Times and Could not Save Himself The intent is feeble like a hyacinth In rocks along a mountain path where feet Can crush. The intent is not a marble plinth Upholding steadfast Zeus. Intention, neat As it might be, is not the same as gain....
by phillipw | Apr 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
Stretching the Eternal “the soul’s survival and residual divinity” ~ Michael Schmidt, The First Poets, 23 The followers of Orpheus, if not The man himself, desired a lengthening Of all they thought was mortal, what they thought Could be like deities, the strengthening...
by phillipw | Apr 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
Perfection, Life, Death https://uk.video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=A0WTTch6DblZKRMAeBWe3olQ?p=nureyev%20jete&fr=yhs-iry- fullyhosted_003&fr2=p%3As%2Cv%3Ai%2Cm%3Apivot&hsimp=yhs-...
by phillipw | Apr 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
Torturers: Eurydice, Women, God, or Boys, Finally That Orpheus had several deaths implies He did not die. Myths tried to kill him. Bad, They failed. The tellings of his deaths are lies. He drove, one story goes, the Maenads mad. Another said that jealous women tore...
by phillipw | Apr 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Orpheus, Once Torn Limb from Sturdy Limb Orphée by Raoul Dufy Long after he was born, and lived, and died, The first of poets lives and lives. Before The rape of art by Modernism tried To kill off commonsense, an artist bore Down on a piece of wood to make this strong...
by phillipw | Apr 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Antikythera Mechanism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism “Paul Cartledge reminds us that ‘the ancient Greek word for “truth” meant literally “not forgetting”.’ ” ~ Michael Schmidt, The First Poets, 22 The truth is never lost. It cannot be. Suppose...
