Tags
metaphyics, paralysis, poem, Poetry, Sappho, willis barnstone
Mother darling, I cannot work the loom,
for sleek Aphrodite has almost crushed
and broken me with desire for a boy.
Sappho (translated by Willis Barnstone)
01 Wednesday Nov 2017
Posted quote unquote
in≈ Comments Off on quote unquote
Tags
metaphyics, paralysis, poem, Poetry, Sappho, willis barnstone
Mother darling, I cannot work the loom,
for sleek Aphrodite has almost crushed
and broken me with desire for a boy.
Sappho (translated by Willis Barnstone)