Lesbos Poems - Poems about Lesbos

...CATULLUS TRANSLATIONS Catullus LXXXV: 'Odi et Amo' loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch 1. I hate. I love. You ask, 'Why not refrain?' I wish I could explain. I can't, ......Read the rest...

...I was born in the African horn, In a village, that was always warn torn, Tired of my life, on a gloomy morn, I took that fateful decision alone. Without telling my loving family, I left them b......Read the rest...

...These are my modern English translations/interpretations of ancient Greek poems by the immortal Sappho of Lesbos… With my two small arms, how can I think to encircle the sky? —Sappho, fragment 3......Read the rest...

...Say bye-bye to these: "Hold, please." (Hold what?) Typewriter Repairman Ads "Dial this number..." (What's 'dial?') Down-time... Offline Compliments (Complaint Departments h......Read the rest...

...Sappho Translations II That country wench bewitches your heart? Hell, her most beguiling art’s hiking her dress to seduce you with her ankles' nakedness! Sappho, fragment 57, loose translation......Read the rest...

...Sappho Translations I Sappho, fragment 132 (Lobel-Page 132) loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch 1. I have a delightful daughter fairer than the fairest flowers, Cleis, whom......Read the rest...

...POEMS ABOUT EROS AND CUPID These are translations of ancient Greek poems about Eros. Eros was the Greek counterpart of the Roman god Cupid. While today we tend to think of Cupid as an angelic cher......Read the rest...

...PLATO EPIGRAM TRANSLATIONS These epitaphs and other epigrams have been ascribed to Plato... Mariner, do not ask whose tomb this may be, But go with good fortune: I wish you a kinder sea. —Mic......Read the rest...

...Athenian Epitaphs II These are ancient Greek epitaphs for lost family and friends, including dogs and other animals ... Now his voice is prisoned in the silent pathways of the night: his owne......Read the rest...

...Sappho fragment #2 translation by Michael R. Burch How can I compete with that damned man who fancies himself one of the gods, impressing you with his "eloquence" ... when just the thought of ......Read the rest...

...Our English Rose by Michael R. Burch for Christine Ena Burch The rose is— the ornament of the earth, the glory of nature, the archetype of the flowers, the blush of the meadows, a lightni......Read the rest...

...Hymn to Aphrodite by Sappho loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Immortal Aphrodite, throned in splendor! Wile-weaving daughter of Zeus, enchantress and beguiler! I implore you......Read the rest...

...Epitaph for a Palestinian Child by Michael R. Burch I lived as best I could, and then I died. Be careful where you step: the grave is wide. Autumn Conundrum by Michael R. Burch It's n......Read the rest...

...Sappho, fragment 155 loose translation by Michael R. Burch A short transparent frock? It's just my luck your lips were made to mock! NOTE: This is a translation/interpretation of an epigram ......Read the rest...

...Sappho fragment 22 loose translation by Michael R. Burch That enticing girl's clinging dresses leave me trembling, overcome by happiness, as once, when I saw the Goddess in my prayers eclips......Read the rest...