It is my pleasure to announce the First Prize Winner of the Seated Dancer Poetry Contest of 2011.  The winning Diamante Poem was submitted by Megan Moody, Enrico Fermi High School, Enfield, Connecticut.  The poem entitled “Two in One” is presented here in both Latin and English. For additional information see  “The late Antique Silver Dancer in Boston”, a paper by Marice Rose in the New England Classical Journal v. 37.3 (2010) pp. 177-191.  Also there is some interesting video on our Facebook page (About>Resources>Links)  about the close relationship between dancers and their shoes.

DUAE IN ŪNĀ

Ancilla

indocta  dūra

cōgor  labōrō  patior

Calceōs et crotala induō.

Tandem ea dēpōnō, dēfessa.

exspectant  haurior  laudant

fēminea  gracilis

Saltātrīx

TWO IN ONE

Slave-woman

illiterate  enduring

I’m  forced,  I work,  I suffer

I put on my slippers and castanets.

Finally I take them off, exhausted.

they anticipate, I’m swallowed up, they praise

feminine   delicate

Dancer

Image licensed from the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA.