Poet in the Spotlight: Sappho
Happy National Poetry Day, everyone!
I'm not a poetry fan. I'm really not. I just tend to...not get it.
But I adore Sappho, a famous poetess from Lesbos who lived around 600BCE. Most of her work is lost, but the fragments that remain are beautiful - she says so much in just a few words.
So to celebrate National Poetry Day, I thought I'd share with you some gorgeous Sappho poems. These are all from If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho translated by Anne Carson (2003). Enjoy!
One of Sappho's poems
