Poems

Apollonius Of Tyana In Rhodes Apollonius was talking about proper education and conduct with a young man who was building a luxurious house in Rhodes. “As […]

As much as you can And if you can’t shape your life the way you want, at least try as much as you can not to […]

Body Remember Body, remember not only how much you were loved not only the beds you lay on. but also those desires glowing openly in eyes […]

But Wise Men Perceive Approaching Things Because gods perceive future things, men what is happening now, but wise men perceive approaching things. Philostratus, Life of Apollonius […]

Caesarion Partly to verify an era, partly also to pass the time, last night I picked up a collection of Ptolemaic epigrams to read. The plentiful […]

Candles The days of the future stand in front of us Like a line of candles all alight—- Golden and warm and lively little candles. The […]

Che Fece … Il Gran Rifiuto For some people the day comes when they have to declare the great Yes or the great No. It’s clear […]

Dangerous Things Said Myrtias (a Syrian student in Alexandria; in the reign of Augustus Constans and Augustus Constantius; in part a pagan, and in part a […]

Darius The poet Phernazis is composing the important part of his epic poem. How Darius, son of Hystaspes, assumed the kingdom of the Persians. (From him […]

Days of 1903 I never found them again — the things so quickly lost…. the poetic eyes, the pale face…. in the dusk of the street…. […]