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“The nightingale’s

The soft-spoken
announcer of
Spring’s presence��
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“Awed by her splendor

Stars near the lovely
moon cover their own
bright faces

when she
is roundest and lights
earth with her silver��
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Despite the incomplete fragments, Sappho’s poems are still brimming with emotion. Her words are beautiful, evocative, and intimate and she did not shy away from baring her mind and soul in her writing, instead, offering her prayers to Aphrodite and sharing her innermost desires with the utmost sincerity. This collection has reminded me why I love reading poetry so much.