Poems

And their feet move And their feet move rhythmically, as tender feet of Cretan girls danced once around an altar of love, crushing a circle in […]

Awed by her splendor Awed by her splendor stars near the lovely moon cover their own bright faces when she is roundest and lights earth with […]

Before they were mothers Before they were mothers Leto and Niobe had been the most devoted of friends

Blame Aphrodite 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 […]

Cleis Sleep, darling I have a small daughter called Cleis, who is like a golden flower I wouldn’t take all Croesus’ kingdom with love thrown in, […]

Cyprian, in my dream Cyprian, in my dream the folds of a purple kerchief shadowed your cheeks — the one Timas one time sent, a timid […]

Drapple-thorned Aphrodite Dapple-throned Aphrodite, eternal daughter of God, snare-knitter! Don’t, I beg you, cow my heart with grief! Come, as once when you heard my far- […]

He is more than a hero He is more than a hero he is a god in my eyes– the man who is allowed to sit […]

Hymn To Aphrodite Throned in splendor, immortal Aphrodite! Child of Zeus, Enchantress, I implore thee Slay me not in this distress and anguish, Lady of beauty. […]

I have no complaint I have no complaint prosperity that the golden Muses gave me was no delusion: dead, I won’t be forgotten