Poetry competition CLOSED 11th August 2012 00:10am
WINNER
DiamondDustMirror (The White Rabbit)
DiamondDustMirror (The White Rabbit)
RUNNER-UP:
Kou_Indigo
Greek God/ Goddess
Forget
the fortified square of reason
with aid from spirit fermented
allow your feet to unseat you
and follow me through the flowers
Indeed
beyond the dirt
between the gateways of cosm
Pray to me
with your ecstasy
Outside of yourself
repaid in epiphany
Look to me
as protection from frenzy
a community for the outcast
safety to serenade the insanity
of chaos
Find me
in the genius
of music that should not
but must be made
I birthed
theatre
I am
an articulation
of excitement
that push pulls
creation
until its made
Then
I die
I birthed tragedy
Dance
like my world depends on it
and raise a toast to the felt
but unknown
In the gnossis
of lost self
I again am regained
( I of course am Bacchus)
the fortified square of reason
with aid from spirit fermented
allow your feet to unseat you
and follow me through the flowers
Indeed
beyond the dirt
between the gateways of cosm
Pray to me
with your ecstasy
Outside of yourself
repaid in epiphany
Look to me
as protection from frenzy
a community for the outcast
safety to serenade the insanity
of chaos
Find me
in the genius
of music that should not
but must be made
I birthed
theatre
I am
an articulation
of excitement
that push pulls
creation
until its made
Then
I die
I birthed tragedy
Dance
like my world depends on it
and raise a toast to the felt
but unknown
In the gnossis
of lost self
I again am regained
( I of course am Bacchus)
Here is my second entry for this contest, my first having been that one about Prometheus. This one is about the dark god / goddess Erebus, about whom very little if anything was recorded.
- Erebus -
Lo! Hear now the tale I weave of that dark goddess,
Dreaded by mortals of old, yet whom I walked with…
Hand in hand, each of us wearing our blackest dress!
I sing of Erebus, whom some called a god of the Abyss.
Yet either gender could she assume, and often did thus:
Beautiful one moment, handsome the next, always fair…
For in her darkness was a certain light one could trust.
An honest light, and yet of it did men learn to beware!
I, whom once was called a queen of demons, so right,
And yet even I did not gaze too deeply into her eyes…
For the soul of Erebus was as terrible as it was bright!
In the darkness below even Hades, amidst fiery skies,
Therein was she supreme, and none could touch her…
Except for Nyx: and of their union much was wrought.
None seek her out simply to of trivial matters confer…
For Erebus is darkness itself, amidst hot flame caught.
On aged scrolls she penned arcane lore and I learned,
Secrets that even my Olympian enemies knew not of…
Taught from the thought of darkness, as souls burned!
Yet even in such teachings I discovered a deeper love.
For without passion, fire and darkness become weak…
And Erebus was a strong teacher, never too wavering.
Before her even gods could become frightened, meek.
But of her fearfully lovely visage many come savoring!
I met her as an equal,
My spirit, equally terrible.
- Erebus -
Lo! Hear now the tale I weave of that dark goddess,
Dreaded by mortals of old, yet whom I walked with…
Hand in hand, each of us wearing our blackest dress!
I sing of Erebus, whom some called a god of the Abyss.
Yet either gender could she assume, and often did thus:
Beautiful one moment, handsome the next, always fair…
For in her darkness was a certain light one could trust.
An honest light, and yet of it did men learn to beware!
I, whom once was called a queen of demons, so right,
And yet even I did not gaze too deeply into her eyes…
For the soul of Erebus was as terrible as it was bright!
In the darkness below even Hades, amidst fiery skies,
Therein was she supreme, and none could touch her…
Except for Nyx: and of their union much was wrought.
None seek her out simply to of trivial matters confer…
For Erebus is darkness itself, amidst hot flame caught.
On aged scrolls she penned arcane lore and I learned,
Secrets that even my Olympian enemies knew not of…
Taught from the thought of darkness, as souls burned!
Yet even in such teachings I discovered a deeper love.
For without passion, fire and darkness become weak…
And Erebus was a strong teacher, never too wavering.
Before her even gods could become frightened, meek.
But of her fearfully lovely visage many come savoring!
I met her as an equal,
My spirit, equally terrible.
http://wordbiscuit.com/images/Hecate.jpg
'Hecate Or The Three Fates' by William Blake, 1795 - Pen and ink with watercolour.
"Images of Hecate in her trimorphic form were placed at crossroads."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hecate#Goddess_of_the_crossroads
< my goddess of the crossroads >
a rainy night
at the crossroads
pieces of a rainy night
down at the crossroads
a wet night
of wet gravel
and wet asphalt
down at the crossroads
down here looking
for a message
a sign
and the rain washing and
i went down to the crossroads
in the rain
and not everything
was washed clean
and me
in the road
me in the road
sitting in a wet mist
just sitting
waiting for the dawn
and you
just sitting here wishing
sitting here wishing
sitting down here
down at the crossroads
there's a smell to it
a smell to the rain
a smell of release
down here
down these roads at night
and headlights
down at the crossroads
headlights
and tires
and singing
my goddess of the crossroads
sings to me
- - -
02/08/2012 15:00-15:40
She wears fallen leaves like a nightdress
Barely hiding her naked shame and the
four bullet holes
in her D-cup chest.
Bindweed curls around her casually propped up leg
in a sickening mortal caress
trying to drag her down through the soil
and eat the evidence.
Persephone, Persephone
poor girl,
died like a common whore
London precipitation clings to her
Tango streaked skin
her wedding ring is missing.
Traffic thunders by-
and more rain looks likely
~Ama
She wears fallen leaves like a nightdress
Barely hiding her naked shame and the
four bullet holes
in her D-cup chest.
Bindweed curls around her casually propped up leg
in a sickening mortal caress
trying to drag her down through the soil
and eat the evidence.
Persephone, Persephone
poor girl,
died like a common whore
London precipitation clings to her
Tango streaked skin
her wedding ring is missing.
Traffic thunders by-
and more rain looks likely
~Ama
Jealous but Beautiful
I am jealous but beautiful
I am the one who caused Medusa to be who she is
I am the one who sent her running asking for Athena’s help
I am beautiful
I am more beautiful than a rose
I am Aphrodite
I am the goddess of love and passion
Anyone more beautiful than me has to pay
Can't you see?
My beauty is dangerous like a succubus
I am the goddess of love and passion
I am also jealous but beautiful.
I get jealous when you call a woman more beautiful than me
I get jealous when you call a woman more passionate than me
I get jealous when you ignore me
I am dangerous
I am a person who you should not cross
I am Aphrodite
I am jealous but beautiful
I am jealous but beautiful
I am the one who caused Medusa to be who she is
I am the one who sent her running asking for Athena’s help
I am beautiful
I am more beautiful than a rose
I am Aphrodite
I am the goddess of love and passion
Anyone more beautiful than me has to pay
Can't you see?
My beauty is dangerous like a succubus
I am the goddess of love and passion
I am also jealous but beautiful.
I get jealous when you call a woman more beautiful than me
I get jealous when you call a woman more passionate than me
I get jealous when you ignore me
I am dangerous
I am a person who you should not cross
I am Aphrodite
I am jealous but beautiful
Anonymous
^^^^ just want to make sure you're aware that this comp ended last year..may be futile to enter :-)
