αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ καὶ σεῖο καὶ ἄλλης μνήσομ᾽ ἀοιδῆς

[sovay]

My poem "Homeric Hymn to Demophoon" has been accepted by Goblin Fruit. I should also mention again that my poem "Αὐδήεσσα" will appear before the end of this month in Sirenia Digest #43, where may also be found greygirlbeast's evocatively titled "The Mermaid of the Concrete Ocean." Today's program brought to you by the letter α, the letter χ, and the number ϝ.

Neither of these poems are my own, but I just discovered them: Kenneth Slessor's "In A/C with Ghosts" and "Five Visions of Captain Cook." I am clearly going to need a book of him.

If Peter Crowther ever reads my livejournal, he should please take it as a compliment that I thought until about three hours ago that he had invented Weldon Kees.

Comments

[selidor]

the image that really caught me in this poem: of coming home, but leaving all your imagination somewhere you've been.

Ah, yes. I felt that section was saying that in perhaps even stronger terms: not just one's imagination, but one's soul, left behind. It's a good image for a poem.

[sovay]

I felt that section was saying that in perhaps even stronger terms: not just one's imagination, but one's soul, left behind. It's a good image for a poem.

I don't know if it was intended to recall those are pearls that were his eyes, but it did for me.