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Thy tears flood Olympus

Demeter!

Oh! Mother sweet

Thy corn fields sway clad

Away... Thy poppies vanished

Amid Thy precious gifts

And tears,

Thou tears so bitter flow

Thus maketh Olympus sigh

And Earth becometh Hades

With red blood,  pomegranates

That taste bitter-sweet

 

 

Rest Mother.... rest,  before Thy hearth

Below Thine caves, Thine dark domains

Far deep below, Thine silent seas

For life

Stands still...  to Thee

 

And when time, appears drawing near

For life to spring in joyful song

When waters burst....in labor sweet, 

Amid Thy cries...of joy and pain

To all anew...to all anew

Persephone! has  returned

Thou heart shall swell with Summer

Thy precious gifts becometh

Blessings to man and beast.

Demeter

Oh!  Mother sweet.

 

Blessed be .

 

 

 

Author notes

Demeter, Goddess of grain and fertility, in Greek mythology
From the Doric Da" form of Greek De "Earth" and Meter "Mother"

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  • AliceinPoetryLand gold member
    November 18
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    This is just beautiful. Congratulations on yourtrophy
    Gaylene


  • Moonlightdragon gold member
    November 17
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    lovely images and words of wisdom the gifts of the seasons
    I am taken with these lines

    "Persephone! has returned

    Thou heart shall swell with Summer

    Thy precious gifts becometh

    Blessings to man and beast.

    Demeter

    Oh! Mother sweet."



    Blessed be


  • Ani Grace
    November 11
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    Wise words and thoughtful prose...to dry those tears will indeed take a heroic effort by the wise ones born knowing. The mountains' sigh is one of patience, I think, just waiting for a hero.


  • Sweet Water
    November 9
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    Wow, this poem is so romantic!
    I love that you scribe it in "old school" English, I think that adds tremendously to the effects of the poem.
    What an offbeat and amazing take on winter.

    This is lovely, I can't wait to see that trophy shining faintly next to it.


  • Sandra R Reynolds gold member
    November 7
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    good write and imagery


  • AngelBellerose gold member
    November 6

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    dear soul for life to bitter sweet reaps the thoughts hungry will never see.. for the irony in  life is the blossom in tears.. well penned dear one for you have depth and insight to live hugs always Angel♥


  • Jalalbad gold member
    November 4
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    Lovely

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