Poet and Muse diptych of a wax tablet; the inscription has not survived, so there can be no way to identify the writer for whom it was made. In the literature that has accumulated about this diptych, various prominent figures have been offered as candidates: Ausonius, Boethius, and Claudian, and even earlier figures, like Ennius and Seneca, with whom the donor wished to be associated The muse represented is Erato, muse of lyric poetry, with her usual attribute, the cithara, which she rests upon an ornately fluted column. The poet on the facing panel is seated, roused from his contemplation by the inspiring presence
Able Muse is really happening in early twenty-first century American poetry." "Able Muse" still maintains its online presence where it simultaneously releases a digital edition that mirrors the corresponding issue of the print edition. The "Able Muse"'s editorial board of acclaimed poets and writers includes X. J. Kennedy, A.E. Stallings, Rachel Hadas, and Deborah Warren. "Able Muse" has been edited, since its inception by Alexander Pepple. "Able Muse" has been featured in major American reviews, such as a poem from the Winter 2010 issue, "The Cricket in the Stump" by Catherine Tufariello, featured in Ted Kooser's "American Life in Poetry"; and from