Hymn of the Kharites Pamphos, our shades have crossed again, dim figure standing off in the shadows of Canova’s Graces glossed in bookish black & white. Look, they are all marbled; milky in harmony, two on either side caressing the third in the middle, surely Aglaea, Splendor and Youth; eternal theme that in your hymn may have stirred them. Elegance and Charm are whispering perhaps trying to persuade their diaphanous sister Grace to confirm the rumor she had wandered away one night from the square out into the countryside to visit a poet. Was that poet you, Pamphos? You can tell me, you know. Shades must trust each other. Michael Gessner Michael Gessner has authored 12 books of poetry and prose. His work has been included in American Letters & Commentary, American Literary Review, The French Literary Review, JAMA, Kenyon Review, North American Review, Oxford Review (UK,) Pacific Review, Sycamore Review, The Yale Journal of Humanities and others. He is a voting member of the National Book Critics Circle.
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June 2025
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