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Friday, February 13, 2009

Poetry Friday - Two love poems


This poetry Friday, since we're so close to Valentine's Day, I've picked two love poems, both short. See if you find a theme in the poems I chose (6th graders, do not let me down!).



A Statue of Eros
~Zenodotos

Who carved LOVE
and placed him by
this fountain,
thinking
he could control
such fire
with water?

transl. from the Greek by Peter Jay

(UNTITLED)
~Sappho

It's no use.

Mother dear, I
can't finish my
weaving
You may
blame Aphrodite

soft as she is

she has almost
killed me with
love for that boy

Trans. from the Greek by Mary Barnard

I found these poems in this fun book:

Two copies available in the WOMS library.

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