Saturday, April 15, 2017

Something About The Moon Comments

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something about the moon
can tint my mood to blue
for the color of the night
is a strange familiar hue
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Barry Middleton
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Dimitrios Galanis 16 April 2017

Poems over moon have a very long history in literature.In ancient hellenic literature the first poems on the matter were composed by Sappho[650-570 b.d.] whose poesie I am translating by the time into neohellenic and english.Here is one of them: Τhe stars too all around the beautiful moon suddenly hide their lucent figure whenever at total facade in its utmost it shines silvery over the earth.///a sadness in the sounds that stirred on moonlit nights when shadows made their rounds///these are beautiful verses. { the last stanza could be omitted.The poem would have nothing to loose}//The verses very robust, worth of translation.

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Barry Middleton 16 April 2017

Flattered to be thought of in even an oblique comparison to Sappho. I think you are right about the last verse.

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Tom Allport 15 April 2017

a nice poem of the feelings felt from the beauty of moonlight? .......well written.

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Barry Middleton 15 April 2017

Beauty and sadness, something about the moon is something about life. Thank you for the commet Tom.

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