by phillipw | Mar 10, 2019 | PA
We think papyrus was for writing on. This was not always so. The priests wore shoes From it in ancient Egypt. At the dawn Of writing culture, copyists would use Some parchment, vellum, clay, and stone. Some sails And cabling for bridges also came From stripped...
by phillipw | Feb 22, 2019 | DI
When Emily abandoned schoolwork, she Assumed the baking in her family home. She turned away from the formality Of thinking of philosophers. Her dome Became the kitchen ceiling. Still, the view Outside that house took in the graveyard stones Of Amherst death. At...
by phillipw | Feb 21, 2019 | PO, Uncategorized
“Early poetry finds its stories and then finds ways of remembering them.” ~ Michael Schmidt, The First Poets, 8 “Helen Hunt Jackson once commissioned Emily Dickinson to write her a poem about an oriole . . . Dickinson responded with ‘The Hummingbird’.” ~...