Poems
Selected poems connected with this theme.
Works and Days
Hesiod · -730
Hesiod was the first major Greek poet to speak in his own voice and to describe the lives, struggles, and concerns of ordinary people. Through 'Works and Days', he left one of the earliest reflections on labor, justice, …
The Children of Adam
Saadi · 1285
The children of Adam
are the limbs of a single body,
all sharing the same origin.
When one limb
endures pain and suffering,
the others cannot remain at peace.
If you feel no sorrow
for the suffering of another …
Born a Man
Zamudio Adela · 1887
It is so much work, you must admit,
to struggle with her husband's laziness,
to clean his house, to manage his chaos!
(Let us imagine it, if we can.)
He is useless and overweight,
yet he remains the master …