Mourn, oh Cupids and Venuses,
and whatever there is of rather pleasing men:
the sparrow of my girlfriend has died,
the sparrow, delight of my girl,
whom she loved more than her own eyes.
For it was honey-sweet and it had known its
mistress as well as a girl knew her mother,
nor did it move itself from her lap,
but jumping around [...]

She enjoyed holding a branch of myrtle
and flowering rose
…and down her back and shoulders
flowed her hair

The moon has set
and the Pleiads; in the midde of the night
the time flows:
and I am alone in bed.

Some say an army of horsemen or footmen or rowers
Is the most beautiful thing over the coal-black earth,
But I say it is that thing, whatever it is,
That one loves and desires.
All easy it is to make this clear to anyone,
For Helen, far surpassing all mortals in beauty,
Leaving behind the best of all men,
Departed, sailing for [...]

Of the seven lying dead, whom we overtook on foot,
we are the thousand slayers

Eros has hammered me and crushed me on his anvil,
like a blacksmith and has plunged me in a winter torrent.

You feign youth, Laetinus, with your dyed hair
So suddenly you are a raven, but just now you were a swan.
You do not deceive anybody. Proserpina knows you are grey-haired;
She will remove the mask from your head.

I have passed the exam. After three days with the best of iCarmina, now we are going on publishing a new poem every day. Stay tuned!

I’m busy in these days, studying for a cello exam. I’ll republish some iCarmina favorites.

It was the 21st of August when I started this project. So far more than two thousands of people have used this web app. I can say it is a good result for a poetry application dedicated to iPhone and iPod touch users.
iCarmina is still in beta release, since more features are coming in the [...]