Poems of Ancient Rome and Greece (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798992183108)

This three-part book of poems is a learned journey to the authentic voice of the Ancient World, focusing on Rome and Greece. With language used as labyrinth, these poems criss-cross the narrow alleys and byways of antiquity, then follow the pulse of these early civilizations through the Medieval, before nesting in a modern view tinged with reverence for our past glories and failings.

Thematically and symbolically, the book is a metaphorical Colosseum of its own hand-placed brick of words with a touch of old Roman concrete and limestone, as porous and crumbled at the edges as time's treasured monuments:

The moldering walls of lips, the kiss of vacant streets
And the quiet, wet solitude bespoken by back roads,
The whispered origami of the Forum, paper gods in folds...

Author: Christopher T. Saitta
ISBN-13: 9798992183108
Publisher: Dancing Satyr Press
Language: English
Published: 01/10/2025
Pages: 116
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.34lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.28d