In the Gavinda Gallery in Washington, DC, an exhibition of photo collages, romantic images of ethereal, beautiful faces inspired, says the artist, by the works of the Greek poet Sappho and by the artist's father.

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However, when a succession of his poems turn out to be adaptations or loose translations of Petronius, Sappho, Pliny the Elder and Boethius, you may find yourself hankering after an original voice even one as extravagant as Whitman's.

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