Is There Still One Complete Poem From Sappho?

The poet's job is to "safeguard the writer from actual accidents that could render their poem less compelling," he says. Poems often reference a natural phenomenon or work of literature, and if they're inaccurately referred to it can be jarring for readers. He has never come across anyone in his experience at the new yorkor a poet who said, actually, i know you're right, but we're not going to change it.