She has reason to dance and sing
coming from a mystical garden in Greece
she is the wife of a spiritual God named Zeus,
the Goddess of memory named Mnemosyne
who gave birth to their daughters all nine.
All muses that give inspiration and life
to artists and poets of all kind.
With passion and vision she gave each their mystical names,
Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia,
Terpsichore,Thalia ,and Urania.
Soon they all developed a uniqueness of their own,
Epic, History, Lyric, Music, Tragedy, Sacred,
Dance, Comedy, and Astronomy;
their beauty is now shared by all those of us who dare
using one or two of them as our very own.
Author notes
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge -- myth is more potent than history -- dreams are more powerful than facts -- hope always triumphs over experience -- laughter is the cure for grief -- love is stronger than death.
-Robert Fulghum, The Storyteller's Creed a picture prompt by Sandygram
A contest entry
- Picture Prompt and Quote by Sandygram.
900 points, ended December 1, 2008, 19 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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It is wonderful that your muse led you to write of mythology for the prompt. Thank you for sharing you lovely words. Thank you for entering my contest and best of luck. Your poem was a pleasure to read this morning. Take care, Sandy
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Thank you for considering my entry for Honorable Mention.I enjoyed your contest and the openness it provided to each of us.
Much appreciated !
God bless
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Mythology, fascinated me was I was a child,
I have learned much from your write.
I am sure her memory was so needed with nine daughter.
a delight to read and of course well written
God bless you my friend...
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Mythology & Muses
All Muses are said to have come via her.Thought I'd put them all together along with their specialties and see what I could come up with.
Glad you liked it.
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