Lesbian Poetry
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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 ....
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.... known female poets of the ancient world,
Sappho was born soon after 630BC. Aristocratic herself, she married a
merchant and had a daughter named Cleis (Robinson 24). Her wealth gave her
the chance to live however she chose, and she chose to spend her life
studying the arts on the isle of Lesbos which was a cultural center in the
seventh century BC. Sappho spent a majority of her time here, but she also
traveled extensively through Greece (Robinson 35). She spent time in
Sicily too, beca ....
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