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“I Mean to Box with Love”—Classical Verse for National Poetry Month

By Carolyn Kellogg | Published: April 19, 2010
Love, ancient Roman style: Cupids cook up perfume (love potion?) in this fresco fragment from the first century A.D.

Love, in all its glory and frustrations, its heady emotions and sheer physicality, comes alive in Classical Love Poetry, a refreshing dip into the verse of the past for National Poetry Month. Think classical poetry is stale and stuffy? Quite… More»

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      differenceetrepetition:

      Medieval methods of entertainment included sad dances and alienation parties.

      Tights are not pants, circa 1400something.


      05/19/13

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