#archilocus

[kremro]

The Challenge_DSC9909 by Dan Ripplinger Via Flickr: Two young Ruby-throated Hummingbirds getting ready to fight for territory. The sitting bird has claimed the garden and is defending it from all comers. The flying bird was taunting the perched bird for some time. This evolved into a chase around the garden and the sitting bird retained his crown. Thanks for visiting.

[girlalcuin]

archilocus are you okay

[girlalcuin]

this reads like a shitpost but it's actually archilocus

[girlalcuin]

having a fat ass is out. having fat ankles is IN

[loudlylovingreview]

Christine Rhein: Uncharted Waters

a remix of fragments by Archilochus (690-645 BC), as translated by Guy Davenport in Carmina ArchilochiHeavy and high buckles the sea.We complain / we blame.This is no time for poetry.Torn by perplexity / the captains ram and rage. Heavy and high buckles the sea.O forsaken / society. Greed / storm / day after day.This is no time for poetry. Heart and what / destiny?Chatter / in time of shame.Heavy…

Christine Rhein: Uncharted Waters

[leblanccoquelicot]

‎My Soul, my Soul, all disturbed by sorrows inconsolable, Bear up, hold out, meet front-on the many foes that rush on you Now from this side and now that, enduring all such strife up close, Never wavering; and should you win, don't openly exult, Nor, defeated, throw yourself lamenting in a heap at home, But delight in things that are delightful and, in hard times, grieve Not too much - appreciate the rhythm that controls men's lives.

Archilocus

[placeoftheway]

I have a high art, I hurt with cruelty those who would damage me.

Archilocus, 650 BCE

[overflowvisible]

"...and what I do ain't pretty"

(Uncanny X-Force #9, 2011)