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I have just written recently about the Sumerian poet/priestess, Enheduanna, and her great anti-war poem, 'Lament for the Spirit of War', and it has spurred in me a desire to read more of these timeless, compelling poems from antiquity. So this, for me, is a very timely post indeed. I think I'll just begin at the beginning with 'The Wife's Lament'. It starts really well, and I'm sure it will continue with the same enticing depth and gravitas:

'I draw these dark words from deep wells of wild grief,

dredged up from my heart, regretful & sad.'

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