I implore you, turnip,
Show yourself to me!
Pick up your harp one more time
While the wings of longing hover around you
It was so beautiful! Just like a top
You used to twirl! Seeing you brought me such pleasure,
And even the goddess rebukes you for this,
Cyprus-born Aphrodite herself.
Ceramic and felt turnips made for a site-specific group show at Fort Adams in Newport, Rhode Island, in December 2016.
(I can’t remember how many I made, 80 something)
Poem by Sappho
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