Lucia Larsen
fragments

do not move stones1 
] that was me
] aching
] finally
] dare
] stretch, did you mean to wake the earth? [
] we are all looking for something
most of us listen to our mothers and turn into stones
until we are found [
] I was one of the first [
] I used to weave crowns2
[
] wilting flowers make [ ]
cupbearers [ ] opulence [
since then I have watched the [
] statue garden [
there are rules if you want to be found
if you wanted to be alive you would not have lost
what did you say you lost again?
she is alive [ ] who? []
does it matter?
spangled is the earth with her crowns3 [
] uprooting
] gems is a dangerous
] legend

you are [
] one of the first

1sappho fragment 145
2sappho fragment 125
3saphho fragment 168c
*fragments translated by anne carson