Callimachus English Translations I
...These are my English translations of poems and epigrams by the ancient Greek poet Callimachus aka Kallimachos. His surviving poems come from various sources including the Greek Anthology and the Garl...
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Categories:
timon, death, death of a
Form: Free verse
Printrovert
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I guess I am prejudiced by its age
I look forward to the turning of each page
I do judge a book by its cover
It completes me more than any lover
The journeys I am on
As I sail or I trail...
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Categories:
timon, allegory, assonance, philosophy, psychological,
Form: Epic
S Greeh'Orm Papal'Arm
...Sometimes I seem to muddle through* somehow
but English "muddle" cannot outline
a Russian sin split in two parts, a dao
divided into yin and yang, a whine
of lonely hummer in the lack of sickle,
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Categories:
timon, inspiration, language, muse,
Form: Rhyme
Four Friends
...Tim,Tom,Tony,Timon
Trekked to Terry Town
Tried tying their torn tents
Tripped to the tall tree ....
Fighting for french fries
Four frantic friends followed..
Flew flags, found fun fishing
Finally, ...
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Categories:
timon, friend,
Form: Alliteration
Shakespeareaholic
...He didn’t care for Wilde,
And Chaucer was ‘alright,’
But quoted from The Bard
At morning, noon and night.
He loved the characters,
The funny and bizarre -
And fat old Falstaff was
His favou...
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Categories:
timon, devotion
Form: Verse