PersephoneDreams

Pseudomuse
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PersephoneDreams Apr 11, 2005 20:33:32 GMT -8

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Post by Pseudomuse on Apr 11, 2005 20:33:32 GMT -8

PersephoneDreams

what are these
sordidlies
fhat you pester me with
(the) offering of gold and
tamarind flowers don’t
squelch my need to run
wildly into the abyss which holds me half the
year
for once I was content in innocence

I’m not so sure of that anymore

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innocent in you
innocent of all things that happen

To Love, to Us

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what are these
helplessedicts
that you throw in my face
(the) offering of peace and tranquility
is a lying goat and it doesn’t
squelch my need to run
back to springtime and the hearth which holds me half the
year
which my mother covets and you hate

I’m not so sure of her anymore

[/i]
not sure of you
not sure of all things that happen

To Love, to Us

[/i]
are truly real
even though I want to feel their tendertouch

so take me Darkness
and covet me while my mother watches
so you’ll know the anamnesis when it takes hold

You'll never be quite the same again after that Bible you've been thumping all these years finally has enough and beats the living s**t out of you. - Horoscope in "The Onion"

I thought you just said we were done doing things the stupid way.

If you want to call me that, smile.

Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.

blutmond Guest	PersephoneDreams Apr 11, 2005 20:47:21 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by blutmond on Apr 11, 2005 20:47:21 GMT -8 Brilliant poem! 9.5 out of 10 stars!... I liked it because it got a feel to it.. You know... Its impressive...

foxyvolleyballchic Guest	PersephoneDreams Apr 12, 2005 12:24:08 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by foxyvolleyballchic on Apr 12, 2005 12:24:08 GMT -8 I feel so slow. I liked it and all but I didnt get it. If wanna explain it 2 me that would be great. I still liked it!

roxiecheerchika
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PersephoneDreams Apr 12, 2005 12:30:50 GMT -8

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Post by roxiecheerchika on Apr 12, 2005 12:30:50 GMT -8

okay....i kinda got it and then again i kinda didnt.....i dont feel like posting my interpretation just in case i'm totally off base....but still otherwise i like it...i can tell it has a deeper meaning than the surface one i'm trying to understand....i like it

Queen of Rain Senior Writer I'm Swedish, that should explain it all.. Posts: 614	PersephoneDreams Apr 12, 2005 14:27:49 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Queen of Rain on Apr 12, 2005 14:27:49 GMT -8 compölicated and beautiful, had a great closeness and felt real.. i cant say how much i admire ur writing...
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Pseudomuse
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PersephoneDreams Apr 12, 2005 17:00:34 GMT -8

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Post by Pseudomuse on Apr 12, 2005 17:00:34 GMT -8

thank you guys. If you hadn't notice I've been writing a lot of stuff lately pertaining to the greeks and greek myth. so to answer the big question, this poem is the reflection of my internal understanding of what Persephone thoughts were while being courted by Hades. Persephone was the daughter of Demeter and Zeus, who fell in love with Hades, the god of the underworld, and thereafter spent six months of the year on earth with her mother, the goddess of the hearth, and six months in the underworld. about interpreting poetry my feeling is that the beauty of poetry is that everyone interprets it differently due to its meaning to you, so on interpretation one can't really go wrong. if you guys have any more questions send me a line.

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Last Edit: Apr 12, 2005 17:03:48 GMT -8 by Pseudomuse

You'll never be quite the same again after that Bible you've been thumping all these years finally has enough and beats the living s**t out of you. - Horoscope in "The Onion"

I thought you just said we were done doing things the stupid way.

If you want to call me that, smile.

Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.

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PersephoneDreams Apr 13, 2005 16:44:38 GMT -8

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Post by ScarletMornings on Apr 13, 2005 16:44:38 GMT -8

weeeeell. i love the greek gods. i love your poetry. put them together, you can't go wrong!

great job, i really liked this, but didn't hades just kidnap persephone and she got trapped down there because she ate pomegranate seeds?

"Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave,
Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;
Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.
I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned."

-- Edna St. Vincent Millay,
from "Dirge Without Music"

Go to the link and read it!

Pseudomuse Senior Writer We went, we saw, we didn't quite conquer. Posts: 489	PersephoneDreams Apr 13, 2005 20:06:01 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Pseudomuse on Apr 13, 2005 20:06:01 GMT -8 yeah thats part of it too, but she wasn't kidnapped in the version I know of, she was lured. god I love that word. lured, it just sounds cool. thanks Scarlet. I adore you all. PM
	You'll never be quite the same again after that Bible you've been thumping all these years finally has enough and beats the living s**t out of you. - Horoscope in "The Onion" I thought you just said we were done doing things the stupid way. If you want to call me that, smile. Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.

ScarletMornings Administration http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/ednamillay/7278 Posts: 1,061	PersephoneDreams Apr 28, 2005 17:52:08 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ScarletMornings on Apr 28, 2005 17:52:08 GMT -8 what would i do without you to give me these amazing poems, pm? i swear to god i don't know how you consistently do it. geez.
	"Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave, Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind; Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave. I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned." -- Edna St. Vincent Millay, from "Dirge Without Music" Go to the link and read it!

Post by Pseudomuse on Apr 11, 2005 20:33:32 GMT -8

Post by blutmond on Apr 11, 2005 20:47:21 GMT -8

Post by foxyvolleyballchic on Apr 12, 2005 12:24:08 GMT -8

Post by roxiecheerchika on Apr 12, 2005 12:30:50 GMT -8

Post by Queen of Rain on Apr 12, 2005 14:27:49 GMT -8

Post by Pseudomuse on Apr 12, 2005 17:00:34 GMT -8

Post by ScarletMornings on Apr 13, 2005 16:44:38 GMT -8

Post by Pseudomuse on Apr 13, 2005 20:06:01 GMT -8

Post by ScarletMornings on Apr 28, 2005 17:52:08 GMT -8