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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