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Poetry Month 2015: Propertius
ELEGY III.3 by Sextus Propertius (trans. David R. Slavitt) A vision: I’m sprawled on the shady grass of a mountainside. It’s Helicon, near the spring Bellerophon’s horse made with its hoof, and the world is bright and clear and small, like something a jeweler had made, and my mind is affected. I have the peculiar idea that I could take up the lyre and sing of Alba’s kings and their deeds of yore.Read More
Joseph Hutchison, Colorado Poet Laureate 2014-2019, has published 20 collections of poems and edited or co-edited three poetry anthologies. He currently directs two master’s-level programs for University College at the University of Denver: Professional Creative Writing and Arts & Culture Management. Joe lives with his wife, Melody Madonna, in the mountains southwest of Denver, Colorado, the city where he was born. 
