‘A Snowy Day in Spring’ by Yuan Xi
From the White Cloud Poetry Society. Translation by Jennifer Zeng, rendition in formal verse by Damian Robin With all...
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The Power of Poetry: A Traditional Chinese Story
Fenghan Gao was an outstanding artist of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912 AD). He had profound wisdom and was multi-talented; he...
Translation of Dante Canzoni ‘Amor che ne la mente mi ragiona’
By David B. Gosselin The nature of the subject matter discussed in Dante Alighieri’s lyric poetry, his canzoni, has been...
Translation of the Iliad’s Beginning by J. Simon Harris
Homer’s Iliad I.1-47. Translation in the epic hexameter, the meter of the Greek. Sing of the wrath, my goddess, of...
Concepts on Classical Scalds: William Dunbar, Robert Burns, and More
By Sam Gilliland The Poisoned Chalice Let he who lips me then beware, My potion’s more than honeyed mead, One...
Translation of ‘La Function du Poet’ by Victor Hugo
The Function of the Poet Tanslation by David Bellemare Gosselin God summons him in times gone awry When each can’t...
‘Inscription on the Golden Gate, Constantinople (Translation)’ and Poetry by Morgan Downs
Inscription on the Golden Gate, Constantinople (Translation) Commemorating Emperor Theodosius' Victory over the usurper, Maximus, at the Battle of...
‘The Mausoleum, Dumfries’ and Other Poetry by Sam Gilliland
The Mausoleum, Dumfries His crypt sealed by stones made by mother earth, A soft voice: This is where Robert Burns...
Translation of a Sonnet by Joachim du Bellay
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‘Cagney’s Last Curtain Call’ by Sam Gilliland
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‘Translation of Marcabru’s L’autrier Just’una Sebissa’ by Joseph S. Salemi
Translation (1) By a hedge, the day before, I met a half-breed shepherdess Full of cheer and sense no less—...
A Translation of Catullus’s ‘Ad Sirmium Insulam’ by Douglas Thornton
The important events in the life of Gaius Valerius Catullus (84-54 B.C.) are recounted through the poems he has left....
Translation of Dante’s Inferno, Canto I and Poetry by J. Simon Harris
Dante’s Inferno, Canto I (Poem by Dante Alighieri / translation by J. Simon Harris in terza rima) In the middle...
Translations of Mickiewicz and Benn by Leo Yankevich
The Akkerman Steppe Original Polish by Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855) below I launch myself across the dry and open narrows, My...
Classical Book Review: Dante’s Vita Nuova and Reflections on Divine Love (Folio)
By Joshua Philipp The Italian poet Dante Alighieri is best known for his journey into hell, purgatory, and heaven which...
‘Tipton County, Tennessee, 1917’ and Other Poetry and Translations by William Ruleman
Tipton County, Tennessee, 1917 My great-grandfather cut down huge black oaks Whose stumps his two young sons helped him uproot,...
Classical Book Review: A Brief Look at ‘The Kojiki’ (Tuttle)
By Joshua Philipp The Japanese creation story begins in a time of primordial chaos, and from this the god Izanagi...
‘A Strange and Sweet Unrest’ and Other Poetry by William Ruleman
A Strange and Sweet Unrest Awake forever with a sweet unrest . . .” —John Keats, “Bright Star” She...
‘Trump’ Presidential Prophecy Poem by Nostradamus
By Nostradamus (1503-1566) | Translated by Evan Mantyk X 76 The great Senate will award the pageant, To one...
Imitating Three Shakespeare Sonnets, by James Sale
Original Shakespeare followed by imitation. Sonnet 49 Against that time, if ever that time come, When I shall see...
Translations of André Chénier’s Poetry, by Douglas Thornton
Born at Constantinople in 1762 of a French father and Greek mother, André Chénier grew up in pre-revolutionary France and studied...
‘The Great’ and Other Poetry and Translations by William Ruleman
The Great The great are often shunned by their own age, While even the noble dead are sometimes mocked, And...
‘A Sonnet’s Beauty’ and Other Poetry by Alex McKeown
A Sonnet's Beauty A sonnet’s beauty’s mostly in the planning, Not in the writing, reading, even saying. The builder knows...
‘Ascending the Phoenix Terrace in Jinling’ by Li Bai, ‘Yellow Crane Tower’ by Cui Hao
Updated January 10, 2020 Ascending the Phoenix Terrace in Jinling by Li Bai (701-762) Here phoenix roamed four hundred years...
Thank you Bhikkhu — that’s quite kind. Mr. Anderson also makes a good point in his comment above.
You’re welcome, Paul. Thanks. I wonder if you’re speaking primarily of professors or students, or both equally?
Thank you Gerard. I wish I was that way too!
Good point — thanks. I presume that situation would harken back to the first poem above.
Thank you Joe. Your insights are always so valuable, and that’s a great story about Professor Ward. Thanks for writing!
