The stars around the beautiful moon
Hide their shining forms
When she is full and shines over the earth
-- Sappho of Lesbos

Today's poem:

[I seek and desire]
- by Sappho

translated from the ancient Greek by Bliss Carman

I seek and desire,
Even as the wind
That travels the plain
And stirs in the bloom
Of the apple-tree.

I wander through life,
With the searching mind
That is never at rest,
Till I reach the shade
Of my lover’s door.

#sappho #love #desire #poetry #separation #longing

Today's poem:

I seek and desire
- by Sappho

translated from the ancient Greek by Bliss Carman

I seek and desire,
Even as the wind
That travels the plain
And stirs in the bloom
Of the apple-tree.

I wander through life,
With the searching mind
That is never at rest,
Till I reach the shade
Of my lover’s door.

#Sappho #poetry #desire #journey #drive #impetus

A Love Letter to the Beating Heart

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/opinion/heart-romance-health-organ.html

Over on Insta, there’s this lovely rainbowy" art challenge called "Hue Years Resolution". Since it’s the first time in ages I’ve actually made something creative again I wanted to share it here too. I participated with "hidden poems" also known as "Blackout poetry". In German I named them "Versteckte Verse". Annnnnyhow, here goes the first one in red:

"Sappho
sighed
and
began to
like
more Sapphos. She invented
sighing."

(1/6)

#MastoArt #HueYearsResolution #VerstVers #BlackoutPoetry #Sappho