When anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly.

When anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
I would not think to touch the sky with two arms
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
Dancing up the full moon Round some fair new altar Trample the soft blossoms of fine grass.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
If you are squeamish Don’t prod the beach rubble.
SAPPHO

Nature Yourself
Although only breath, words which I command are immortal.
SAPPHO

Breathe Command Immortal Myself Word
Death is an ill; ’tis thus the Gods decide: / For had death been a boon, the Gods had died.
SAPPHO

Death Decision God Sick
Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.
SAPPHO

Death Evil God Judgement
What cannot be said will be wept.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
Now the Earth with many flowers puts on her spring embroidery.
SAPPHO

Earth Embroidery Flower Spring
No honey for me, if it comes with a bee.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
Hesperus bringing together All that the morning star scattered.
SAPPHO

Bring Morning Togetherness
Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
I do not know what to do, my mind’s in two.
SAPPHO

Mindset Myself
How love the limb-loosener sweeps me away.
SAPPHO

Away Love Myself
Eros harrows my heart: wild gales sweeping desolate mountains, uprooting oaks.
SAPPHO

Heart Mountain Myself Root Wild
Love is a cunning weaver of fantasies and fables.
SAPPHO

Fantasy Love One Liner

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