01 Wednesday Nov 2017
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Like a mountain whirlwind
punishing the oak trees,
love shattered my heart.
Sappho (translated by Willis Barnstone)
01 Wednesday Nov 2017
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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)
