A din Akkadian seeps in my room,(But Sumer songs still echo in my heart)Barbaric babble, never to departFrom timeless Sumer, sinking to its doom;While I, too weak to walk, obscured in gloom,Await my restful ending, soon to start,A carcass strewn with flowers on a cart,And pulled by donkeys clopping to the tomb.And yet Inanna hears me. Her embraceRe-kneads, rejuvenates my … [Read more...] about The Last Poet of Sumer, By: Eric Chevlen
Eric Chevlen
About Eric Chevlen
Eric Chevlen is a medical oncologist and pain medicine specialist in northeast Ohio. He is the author of "Triple Crown," which he describes as the only triple heroic crown of sonnets written in English. His poem on Poetry Catalog is "The Last Poet of Sumer," published in May 2024.
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