Poetry Class

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bibliochor:Sappho, Fragment 16 [tr. Anne Carson]

farewell-fair-cruelty:“the mouth with which man farts” is possibly the funniest thing i’ve seen all

violentwavesofemotion:Sappho, tr. by Josephine Balmer, from “Poems and Fragments,” c. 1984

Anna Bilinskadark and ashen was the dresslife had chosen for her to wear,left alone with only a feat

Hung be the heavens with black, yield day to night!Comets, importing change of times and states,Bran

Frankie Teardrop - Suicide

life-of-a-latin-student:Because I think all of you need some of the finest Classical poetry on your

roofbeams:war music by christopher logue

palatinamedea:I did a metrical translation of CIL 4. 5296, a piece of graffiti from Pompeii which co

Good words for our class.  We read a few eposes this semester.

awanqi:illustration I did for a poem assignment for class! 

In our final classroom-based workshop this week we looked at Propaganda Posters and Trench Poetry. W

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many thanks to d. h. lawrence for offering an alternative title for this well-loved classic, a.k.a.

elucubrare:An experiment; an erasure, if you must. Hopkins, I think, is the one of our poets who use

xshayarsha:Once again I love and I do not love, I am mad and I am not mad. - Anacreon.

Erato, Muse of Lyrical PoetryCharles Meynier (French; 1768–1832)1800Oil on canvasThe Cleveland Museu

Calliope, Muse of Epic PoetryCharles Meynier (French; 1768–1832)1798Oil on canvasThe Cleveland Museu

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cryptomnesia:Alice Oswald, from Weeds and Wild Flowers.

This is a playlist with some love musics (all genre, century, language…), in a specific order

Optime!

The Muses Urania and CalliopeSimon Vouet French; 1590–1649) and Studioca. 1634Oil on panelNational G

The Raven, by Edgar Allan Poe.Cover Book.

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