Sappho Translations VIII
...Sappho Translations VIII by Michael R. Burch
Sappho, fragment 68
translation by Michael R. Burch
That was then, this is now!
In those days my maidenhead was in full bloom,
then you …
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Categories:
nereids, brother, daughter, desire, hair,
Form: Free verse
Resurrecting Icarus
...Resurrecting Icarus
or
A Modern Moral Fable
by
Rick Folker
Kansas City, Mo
Daedalus claimed the sky,
Built a labyrinth from which
Theseus could fly
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Minos enraged, entombed the
Tre...
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Categories:
nereids, allegory, death, growth, mythology,
Form: Classicism
Heart of the Sea
...Heart of the sea,deeper
than a chasm-insatiable
monster like the
graveyard.
Habouring the wrecks
of
sunken ships and
treasures,the abode of
the titanic.
Silent but troublesome...
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Categories:
nereids, adventure, environment, fantasy, god,
Form: Blank verse