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The Lesbian Poetry of Sappho Passion for Creative Writing
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Sappho (c. 630 – c. 570 BCE) was an Archaic Greek poet from the island of Lesbos. Sappho is known for her lyric poetry, written to be sung while accompanied by a lyre. In ancient times, Sappho was widely regarded as one of the greatest lyric poets and was given names such as the "Tenth Muse" and "The Poetess". The word Lesbian in Sappho’s poetry is a reference to the inhabitants of the island of Lesbos, not having anything to do with any sexual predilection.
John Myers O'Hara (1870–1944) was an American poet. Born in Iowa into a wealthy family from Chicago, he studied at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. He was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Chicago for twelve years. In his thirties he moved permanently to New York, where he worked as a broker on Wall Street and also wrote poetry. In the 1929 stock market crash, O'Hara and his whole family lost their fortunes, but he continued to work in a brokerage house. and write and publish poetry.
Besides his own poems, O'Hara also produced rather creative translations of Greek, Roman and French authors, such as the critically successful Poems of Sappho (1907).
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Sappho (c. 630 – c. 570 BCE) was an Archaic Greek poet from the island of Lesbos. Sappho is known for her lyric poetry, written to be sung while accompanied by a lyre. In ancient times, Sappho was widely regarded as one of the greatest lyric poets and was given names such as the "Tenth Muse" and "The Poetess". The word Lesbian in Sappho’s poetry is a reference to the inhabitants of the island of Lesbos, not having anything to do with any sexual predilection.
John Myers O'Hara (1870–1944) was an American poet. Born in Iowa into a wealthy family from Chicago, he studied at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. He was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Chicago for twelve years. In his thirties he moved permanently to New York, where he worked as a broker on Wall Street and also wrote poetry. In the 1929 stock market crash, O'Hara and his whole family lost their fortunes, but he continued to work in a brokerage house. and write and publish poetry.
Besides his own poems, O'Hara also produced rather creative translations of Greek, Roman and French authors, such as the critically successful Poems of Sappho (1907).
Passion for Creative writing has been selected by FeedSpot.com as one of the top 20 creative writing podcasts on the web https://blog.feedspot.com/creative_writing_podcasts/
Please consider supporting this podcast by buying this episode as an NFT on OpenSea.io
This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit johnwojewoda.substack.com/subscribe
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