Coherent
“Anacreon[2] (a native of Teos in Asia Minor) sings that his barbitos only gives out erotic tones.[1] ” Wikipedia, “Barbiton”
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More delicate, pastel in sound than lyres,
The barbitos was songstress Sappho’s harp
And underplayed desires, the unheard fires
She swayed to as she sang. Her pangs were sharp,
But tones from throat and instrument were like
The lightest gentian on the island. Notes
Which came from her and barbitoi would strike
Like scarlet sword blades in blind anecdotes
Of Homer. Epics narrowed for a brief
Expansive moments like a lyric when
The sightless poet sang of manly grief
And told like spear points agonies of men.
A single man or sole voiced woman sings
With wire-plucked depths from delicate, thin strings.
