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Tell, Don't Show: A Translation from Euripides' Medea
murder, violence, and the power of off-stage action
Jul 19 • 
Ramya Yandava
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Alcaics; Observations from a Picnic; Gray Rain
melodies in gladness for the light
May 17 • 
Ramya Yandava
11
2
beware the breezes of love
Horace Odes 1.5
May 10 • 
Ramya Yandava
10
Friday Frivolity no. 34: I Love Lilac
Flower of first love, New England, and Abraham Lincoln
May 3 • 
Ramya Yandava
12
5
Moonomania
How well night wears her moonocle!
Apr 18 • 
Ramya Yandava
10
3
lonely upon the ledge of his creation
"The White Swan"; "The Bison"
Mar 15 • 
Ramya Yandava
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2
Friday Frivolity no. 14: Daydreaming Bubble
all glittered in a dreamlike profusion
Oct 11, 2024 • 
Ramya Yandava
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3
In Extremity
Love pecked a bloodfall in my heart from hopes
Jul 7, 2024 • 
Ramya Yandava
7
2
Sunrise: a poem
And life is this brief light / traveling to endless night.
Jun 30, 2024 • 
Ramya Yandava
10
2
a poem for april
Simply to be and to observe is the adventure of a lifetime
Apr 14, 2024 • 
Ramya Yandava
8
4
Heart-Shaped Bruise
the heart, that wound that never fades nor heals
Mar 24, 2024 • 
Ramya Yandava
7
3
The Exigencies of Fate
A very short, very silly story
Feb 18, 2024 • 
Ramya Yandava
7
4
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