senryu = her ruff unruffled – imperturbable

senryu = her ruff unruffled – imperturbable

her ruff unruffled, 
Shadow fancies her basket –
dindin’s over

Shadow our baby age 5 in a basket! 620

imperturbable,
Shadow retrouve son panier –
bien rassasiée

Richard Vallance

Sappho, spelled (in the dialect spoken by the poet) Psappho, (born c. 610, Lesbos, Greece — died c. 570 BCE). A lyric poet greatly admired in all ages for the beauty of her writing style.

Her language contains elements from Aeolic vernacular and poetic tradition, with traces of epic vocabulary familiar to readers of Homer. She has the ability to judge critically her own ecstasies and grief, and her emotions lose nothing of their force by being recollected in tranquillity.

Marble statue of Sappho on side profile.

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