Notes About The Poem

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BFTYDuwOW9M

Sappho Fragments

a lonely poet
             adrift
yet
    riding the crest
                  of a wave
strange to say
a success
         in a patriarchal
age

twists of enigma
in
the joys
        of imagination
multifaceted
intuition
          eloquent
plain darts
of
detailed
             fragments
spaced&
        stressed
time then
             time now
day in
         day out
lest we
forget
      persuasion
this way
         &   that

where
      peace reigns
and
     feet   
           move
as
   we
         dance
in
Spring sunlight

experience
          shows
             what you
                 please
and often
              ask
yet
remains
          forever

in memory
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Gauthier Avatar
July 30, 2019 at 12:27 PM
Beautiful tribute to Sappho, Brian. Lovely.
Strand Avatar
July 30, 2019 at 2:18 PM
Yes Line,a lady who broke the glass ceiling in her day and was a focus fo many male poets of her era.( a bit like PS these days!!l
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