Earliest Influences...

Since the beginning of the semester, I've been carting around a collections of poems by the Greek poet Sappho, given to me by a friend that thought it might in some way pertain to the class. The video below is to a reading and (strange) interpretation of Sylvia Plath's poem "Lesbos", which shares the name of the famous Aegean island that Sappho called home more than two thousand years ago. Plath called Sappho "first among her rivals for poetic fame".

Enjoy!