Roman Graffiti
...little boys playing in the clay road
picking up turtles that fly in the wind
run, run away from the scary old widowers
or you might never be a boy again!
we can only be boys for a little longe...
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Categories:
atreus, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
Sappho Translations XV
...Sappho Translations XV by Michael R. Burch
Gaia, rainbow-crowned, garbs herself in myriad hues. (168c)
We ran like fawns from the symposium: me, Cleis and reckless Gongyla. (168d)
Destiny is...
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Categories:
atreus, destiny, evil, heart, innocence,
Form: Free verse
Sappho Translations XII
...Sappho Translations XII by Michael R. Burch
In the following short translations the fragment numbers are mostly Lobel-Page. All translations are by Michael R. Burch and should be so credited if th...
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Categories:
atreus, beautiful, beauty, girl, happiness,
Form: Free verse
Sappho Translations IX
...Sappho Translations IX
Sappho, fragment 17
translation by Michael R. Burch
Hear me, Queen Hera, as your delightful festival nears,
you to whom the sons of Atreus performed vows,
those dazz...
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Categories:
atreus, god, heart, men, prayer,
Form: Free verse
Sappho Translations III
...Sappho Translations III by Michael R. Burch
Bed the bride with the beautiful feet,
or bring her to me!
—Sappho, fragment 103b, translation by Michael R. Burch
I long helplessly for love. Ga...
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Categories:
atreus, beautiful, beauty, desire, earth,
Form: Free verse