Seeing the Remains of Sappho's Poem on Old Age

[anthonette218]

This a wonderful video. Those paper may decay, but the words written there will live though life. immortality is present in Sappho's poems.

[AllErikaEclectica]

Fascinating to see you trying out this form. Well done! I agree with teamdeaf below about the relevance and vitality. Many years back in a Women's History class at uni we read Sappho (of course) and I was startled by her vibrancy and force, as if a living woman were in the room addressing us all.

[teamdeaf]

Wonderful poem, James. It's ironic that Sappho's poem on old age is decaying fragmented, as though it were showing the signs of old age. Yet the thoughts behind it are still as vital and relevant today as they were back in her time.

[Idlinfarm]

How very wonderful!

[RowanFortuneWood]

Thank you for sharing this on YouTube.

[andrewnorris1]

How wonderfully you embraced this form, not only the form but linking a fragment of parchment to a contemporary resonance. Sappho, the poems both immortal and fresh, only the paper ages. I agree with you 'hendecasyllabic' is a beautiful word. Now I am really intrigued by all of this!