"At mere sight of you / my voice falters, my tongue / is broken."

Some reports on the various dead:

Two substantial fragments of poems by Sappho have been found, the end of one and the beginning of another. (via several) Bonus: 32 translations of Sappho's most famous poem. (via)

Disturbing reports that axolotls may be extinct in the wild. (via)

Pete Seeger and some friends sing "Forever Young."

Subject quote from Sappho translated by William Carlos Williams.