South Africa by Ronald G. Auguste

(For Nelson Mandela) Indeed! It is a new and shining land! So do not waste the New Day passing blame! From utter desolation, something grand Is rising … to obliterate the shame! The sun has set upon the sorry fields, And golden stars are twinkling in the skies. A new sun, rising on the New […]

Shattered Dreams. Broken Promises. by Russell James

Shattered Dreams. Broken Promises. by Russell James Shattered Dreams. Broken Promises. Unachieved Goals sadden souls. Feeling lost with no where to go feeling alone filled with sorrow. Went down the wrong path. Now I’m feeling the wrath of absolute failure man oh man this is such a Disaster. Will I be able to pick myself […]

Savour Your Life by Ronald G. Auguste

(For Sedacy Walden, my Grandson) Savor your life, and try to live it well! Each day should be a milestone on the path Devoted to pure Truth, where Angels dwell, And Love and Kindness keep one’s mind from wrath. Cherish each moment of each passing day. Your life should be a charm, where joy holds […]

Rosslyn To The Prime Minister by Graham Rowlands

Whatever I do now I’ll have your consensus against me— quite right to say you snow in the tropics only at the highest altitude of your own risk if you want an alternative Australia. But you & your consensus don’t do you, sport? Sports? Father? It’s only your economy, after all— refining, processing, high-tech. We’re […]

Writing to Onegin by Ruth Padel

Writing to Onegin by Ruth Padel (After Pushkin) Look at the bare wood hand-waxed floor and long White dressing-gown, the good child’s writing-desk And passionate cold feet Summoning music of the night; tumbrils, gongs And gamelans; with one neat pen, one candle Puttering its life out hour by hour. Is “Tell Him I love him” […]

Icicles round a Tree in Dumfriesshire by Ruth Padel

Icicles round a Tree in Dumfriesshire by Ruth Padel We’re talking different kinds of vulnerability here. These icicles aren’t going to last for ever Suspended in the ultra violet rays of a Dumfries sun. But here they hang, a frozen whirligig of lightning, And the famous American sculptor Who scrambles the world with his tripod […]

Conqueror by Russell Hughes Ragsdale

Conqueror by Russell Hughes Ragsdale I was a gulp of high air; a bird breathing in, a black dot on blue paper, a privileged recipient of finite sacrament of souls of flying saints. That all happened the moment you taught me splendid roundness as defined by the touch of your lips. The other mysteries fell, […]

Conversation 4: On Place by Rosmarie Waldrop

Conversation 4: On Place by Rosmarie Waldrop I sit in my own shadow, she says, the way my mother gave birth to it. In artificial light, blinds drawn against the darkness of power. I think of you as if you were that shadow, a natural enclosure, a world, not a slight, so I can wander […]

With his venom by Sappho

With his venom irresistible and bittersweet that loosener of limbs, Love reptile-like strikes me down ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. Poems by topic and subject. Poetry Monster — the ultimate repository of world poetry. Poetry Monster — the multilingual library of poetic works. Here you’ll find original […]

We put the urn aboard ship by Sappho

We put the urn aboard ship with this inscription: This is the dust of little Timas who unmarried was led into Persephone’s dark bedroom And she being far from home, girls her age took new-edged blades to cut, in mourning for her, these curls of their soft hair ————— The End And that’s the End […]

We know this much by Sappho

We know this much Death is an evil; we have the gods’ word for it; they too would die if death were a good thing ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. Poems by topic and subject. Poetry Monster — the ultimate repository of world poetry. Poetry Monster — […]

We know this much by Sappho

We know this much Death is an evil; we have the gods’ word for it; they too would die if death were a good thing ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. Poems by topic and subject. Poetry Monster — the ultimate repository of world poetry. Poetry Monster — […]

On The Tomb Of A Priestess Of Artemis by Sappho

Voiceless I speak, and from the tomb reply Unto Æthopia, Leto’s child, was I Vowed by the daughter of Hermocleides, Who was the son of Saonaïades. O virgin queen, unto my prayer incline, Bless him and cast thy blessing on our line. ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. […]

To One who Loved not Poetry by Sappho

THOU liest dead, and there will be no memory left behind Of thee or thine in all the earth, for never didst thou bind The roses of Pierian streams upon thy brow; thy doom Is now to flit with unknown ghosts in cold and nameless gloom. ————— The End And that’s the End of the […]

To One False In Love by Sappho

O false as fair I am forgotten, then, by thee! Or haply on another shine The eyes that once looked into mine Pretence of love – all faithlessly Out! nought I care For such as can true love betray! Love on, forsworn, your little day: Ye are nought to me. ————— The End And that’s […]

To Aphrodite by Sappho

You know the place: then Leave Crete and come to us waiting where the grove is pleasantest, by precincts sacred to you; incense smokes on the altar, cold streams murmur through the apple branches, a young rose thicket shades the ground and quivering leaves pour down deep sleep; in meadows where horses have grown sleek […]

To A Girl In A Garden by Sappho

O soft and dainty maiden, from afar I watch you, as amidst the flowers you move, And pluck them, singing. More golden than all gold your tresses are: Never was harp-note like your voice, my love, Your voice sweet-ringing. ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. Poems by topic […]

Before They Were Mothers by Sappho

Before they were mothers Leto and Niobe had been the most devoted of friends ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. Poems by topic and subject. Poetry Monster — the ultimate repository of world poetry. Poetry Monster — the multilingual library of poetic works. Here you’ll find original poems, […]

The Torments Of Love by Sappho

O Queens of Song, descend from your home. From the golden halls of Olumpus on high! O shell divine, now, now become Voiceful, to utter mine heart’s wild cry! O Calliope, vouchsafe thine aid Unto one whom the Muse of Love hath betrayed! Ah me, I know not what to do Who am wildered all, […]

The Silver Moon by Sappho

The silver moon is set; The Pleiades are gone; Half the long night is spent, and yet I lie alone. ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. Poems by topic and subject. Poetry Monster — the ultimate repository of world poetry. Poetry Monster — the multilingual library of poetic […]

The Death Of Adonis by Sappho

This is the lamentation-song For Adonis – woe for Adonis, woe! Thus wailed Aphrodite in anguish-throe, As she strove to hold him back from death: “Let thine heart not faint, O love! Be strong! O me, it burns me, thy failing breath! It kindles through all my being a fire! My heart is aflame with […]

Like The Sweet Apple by Sappho

Like the sweet apple that reddens At end of the bough– Far end of the bough– Left by the gatherer’s swaying, Forgotten, so thou. Nay, not forgotten, ungotten, Ungathered (till now). ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. Poems by topic and subject. Poetry Monster — the ultimate repository […]

In the spring twilight by Sappho

In the spring twilight the full moon is shining: Girls take their places as though around an altar ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. Poems by topic and subject. Poetry Monster — the ultimate repository of world poetry. Poetry Monster — the multilingual library of poetic works. Here […]

The Silver Moon by Sappho

The silver moon is set; The Pleiades are gone; Half the long night is spent, and yet I lie alone. ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. Poems by topic and subject. Poetry Monster — the ultimate repository of world poetry. Poetry Monster — the multilingual library of poetic […]

Sappho To Her Girlfriends by Sappho

This is my song of maidens dear to me. Eranna, a slight girl I counted thee, When first I looked upon thy form and face, Slim as a reed, and all devoid of grace. But stately stature, grace and beauty came Unto thee with the years – O, dost not shame For this, Eranna, that […]

To One who Loved not Poetry by Sappho

THOU liest dead, and there will be no memory left behind Of thee or thine in all the earth, for never didst thou bind The roses of Pierian streams upon thy brow; thy doom Is now to flit with unknown ghosts in cold and nameless gloom. ————— The End And that’s the End of the […]

On The Tomb Of A Priestess Of Artemis by Sappho

Voiceless I speak, and from the tomb reply Unto Æthopia, Leto’s child, was I Vowed by the daughter of Hermocleides, Who was the son of Saonaïades. O virgin queen, unto my prayer incline, Bless him and cast thy blessing on our line. ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. […]

Of course I love you by Sappho

Of course I love you but if you love me, marry a young woman! I couldn’t stand it to live with a young man, I being older ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. Poems by topic and subject. Poetry Monster — the ultimate repository of world poetry. Poetry […]

Ode To A Loved One by Sappho

Blest as the immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears and sees thee, all the while, Softly speaks and sweetly smile. ‘Twas this deprived my soul of rest, And raised such tumults in my breast; For, while I gazed, in transport tossed, My breath was gone, my voice was […]

My Garden by Sappho

I’ve a garden, a garden of dreams, Where the cool breeze whispering sways Softly the apple-sprays, And from leaves that shimmer and quiver Down on mine eyelids streams A slumber-river. ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. Poems by topic and subject. Poetry Monster — the ultimate repository of […]

Mother, I Cannot Mind My Wheel by Sappho

Mother, I cannot mind my wheel; My fingers ache, my lips are dry; Oh! if you felt the pain I feel! But oh, who ever felt as I! ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. Poems by topic and subject. Poetry Monster — the ultimate repository of world poetry. […]

Loneliness by Sappho

Set are the Pleiades; the Moon is down And midnight dark on high. The hours, the hours, drift by, And here I lie, Alone ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. Poems by topic and subject. Poetry Monster — the ultimate repository of world poetry. Poetry Monster — the […]

Leto and Niobe by Sappho

Before they were mothers Leto and Niobe had been the most devoted of friends ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. Poems by topic and subject. Poetry Monster — the ultimate repository of world poetry. Poetry Monster — the multilingual library of poetic works. Here you’ll find original poems, […]

It’s no use by 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 ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. Poems by topic and subject. Poetry Monster — the ultimate repository of world poetry. […]

It was you, Atthis, who said by Sappho

It was you, Atthis, who said “Sappho, if you will not get up and let us look at you I shall never love you again! “Get up, unleash your suppleness, lift off your Chian nightdress and, like a lily leaning into “a spring, bathe in the water. Cleis is bringing your best purple frock and […]

It is the Muses by Sappho

It is the Muses who have caused me to be honored: they taught me their craft ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. Poems by topic and subject. Poetry Monster — the ultimate repository of world poetry. Poetry Monster — the multilingual library of poetic works. Here you’ll find […]

It is the Muses by Sappho

It is the Muses who have caused me to be honored: they taught me their craft ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. Poems by topic and subject. Poetry Monster — the ultimate repository of world poetry. Poetry Monster — the multilingual library of poetic works. Here you’ll find […]

I took my lyre and said by Sappho

I took my lyre and said: Come now, my heavenly tortoise shell: become a speaking instrument ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. Poems by topic and subject. Poetry Monster — the ultimate repository of world poetry. Poetry Monster — the multilingual library of poetic works. Here you’ll find […]

I have no complaint by Sappho

I have no complaint prosperity that the golden Muses gave me was no delusion: dead, I won’t be forgotten ————— The End And that’s the End of the Poem © Poetry Monster, 2021. Poems by topic and subject. Poetry Monster — the ultimate repository of world poetry. Poetry Monster — the multilingual library of poetic works. […]

Hymn To Aphrodite by Sappho

Throned in splendor, immortal Aphrodite! Child of Zeus, Enchantress, I implore thee Slay me not in this distress and anguish, Lady of beauty. Hither come as once before thou camest, When from afar thou heard’st my voice lamenting, Heard’st and camest, leaving thy glorious father’s Palace golden, Yoking thy chariot. Fair the doves that bore […]