Lobel Poems - Poems about Lobel

Sappho Translations XIV

...Sappho Translations XIII by Michael R. Burch In these translations the fragment numbers are mostly Lobel-Page. All translations are by Michael R. Burch and should be so credited if they are used i......

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Categories: lobel, dream, father, girl, god,
Form: Free verse

Sappho Translations XIII

Categories: lobel, beautiful, beauty, desire, joy,
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: lobel, beautiful, beauty, girl, happiness,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Sappho Translations I

...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......

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Categories: lobel, desire, love, love hurts,
Form: Free verse

Sappho Fragment 2: How Can I Compete With That Damned Man

...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 ......

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Categories: lobel, girl, girlfriend, love, lust,
Form: Sapphic stanza

Sappho's Rose

...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......

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Categories: lobel, beautiful, beauty, earth, flower,
Form: Epigram

Sing, Lyre: Sappho Translation

...Sappho, fragment 118 loose translation by Michael R. Burch Sing, my sacred tortoiseshell lyre; come, let my words accompany your voice. "Quoted by Hermogenes and Eustathius. Sappho is appare......

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Categories: lobel, Lullaby, muse, music, song,
Form: Epigram

A Short Transparent Frock: Sappho Translation

...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 ......

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Categories: lobel, clothes, desire, fashion, girl,
Form: Verse

Clinging Dresses: Sappho Translation

...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......

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Categories: lobel, beauty, crush, desire, girl,
Form: Epigram

Pain Drains Me: Sappho Translation

...Sappho, fragment 58 loose translation by Michael R. Burch Pain drains me to the last drop . Sappho, fragment 130 (Lobel-Page 130 / Voigt 130) loose translation/interpretation by ......

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Categories: lobel, depression, emotions, feelings, grief,
Form: Epigram

Sappho Translation: Eros

...SAPPHO TRANSLATIONS Eros harrows my heart: wild winds whipping desolate mountains, uprooting oaks. —Sappho, fragment 42, translation by Michael R. Burch Sappho, fragment 113 loose trans......

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Categories: lobel, desire, longing, love, lust,
Form: Epigram