Since the beginning of time writers have expressed their deepest thoughts and desires through poetry. In poetry, writers have found that they can express a thought, a memory, a person, a landscape, etc. More often authors write about love, both physical and mental. Found in this genre of love is intimate imagery, suggestive language, and exotic fantasies. Most published love poems express love relationships between men and women but what most anthologies and collections leave …showed first 75 words of 714 total…

…showed last 75 words of 714 total…their work (Cantarella 56). Given the popularity of her works, it is surprising that just one of her poems is accessible in its entirety; the rest are in fragments of their original form. Though there were possibly complete volumes published at one time, over the centuries due to neglect, natural disasters, and censorship they were lost (Robinson 100). From ancient times up until the present, Sappho has remained an important figure in literature and culture. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** ?