#lady artists

violentwavesofemotion:

“Are you a witch? A vulture, a hieroglyph, the sign or the name of a goddess? What sort of goddess is this? Who are you?”

—H. D., from The Collected Poems: 1912-1944; “Pallinode,”wr. c. 1926

adrasteiax:

“Where would I be without my sorrow”

— Louise Glück, fromRelicin “Poems 1962-2012″

thoodleoo:

• ἀστέρων πάντων ὀ κάλλιστος (of all the stars, the fairest)
  
• πόλυ πάκτιδος ἀδυμελεστέρα, χρύσω χρυσοτέρα (far sweeter-sounding than the lyre, far more golden than gold)
  
• τὰν ἰόκολπον (violet-tressed, one with violets in her lap)
  
• ὦ κάλα, ὦ χαρίεσσα κόρα (o beautiful, graceful girl)
  
• ἦρος ἄγγελος ἰμερόφωνος ἀήδων (nightingale, sweet-voiced messenger of spring)