My Hendosyllabic Poem and Other Stuff

Salvete omnes!!
Here's my poem (gratias Magistra!):

I dance not beautifully though I do aspire to

Dance with grace therefore I permit disaster.

I preferred Poem # 9 ("Welcome  Home, Veranius!") because it was the simplest of the lot. It was very straightforward. After "ut mos est tuus," is it "leaning on your neck I will kiss your joyful mouth and eyes?" Gratias.


This is silphium (poem 7) on a silver coin (Wikipedia). As the notes says, silphium juice was thought to be an effective contraceptive. I think that's why Catullus mentioned this in the love poem: wives were for reproduction, mistressess/girlfriends/boyfriends/prostitutes were for pleasure.

Interesting section.