Retropopomo

Blessed be the poets in the old days

When the field was still wide open. The arts

Are all fenced in now, the field parceled out,

And we, the latecomers, scratched from the race

No room to bring up a new-yoked chariot.

Coerilo de Samos, ca. 400BC.

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2 Responses to “Retropopomo”

  1. Q says:
    May 24, 2004 at 7:06 pm

    Nihil sub sole novum, vaya. En todo caso, me gustar

  2. Ion says:
    May 24, 2004 at 9:53 pm

    Lo ir