Love Poems for Her
Love poems for her reflect shifting notions of intimacy, desire, and voice from ancient lyric to digital forms. Sappho’s fragments voice longing in language resonant with private yearning, while Catullus and Ovid infuse the beloved’s presence with irony, ambiguity, and ritualized speech. In classical poetry, the beloved is rarely static. Admiration and vulnerability interlace, as … Read more