Classic poem of the day
I was not aware of you till yesterday,
Hidden, impalpable, the dual I.
There was till then but one self to deny,
One self to feed, to order, to obey ...
But now there is you — you who know everything,
Sharing one mouth, one glance, one habiting,
One speech for thought more far, more alien
Than the salt water from the honey comb.
Two hands twice-willed beneath one common skin
To different gestures, one small carnal home
Furnished for w......
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ITALIAN POETRY TRANSLATIONS
These are my modern English translations of the Roman, Latin and Italian poets Anonymous, Marcus Aurelius, Catullus, Guido Cavalcanti, Cicero, Dante Alighieri, Veronica Franco, Guido Guinizelli, Hadrian, Primo Levi, Martial, Michelangelo, Seneca, Seneca the Younger and Leonardo da Vinci. I also have translations of Latin poems by the English poets Aldhelm, Thomas Campion and Saint Godric of Finchale.
Wall, I'm astonished that you haven't collaps...
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