And then one day Hades rose out of the earth, put a sooty hand around my ankle and I woke up in the underworld. Here’s the naked truth: And I decide to disguise myself as an old woman named Doso and rest awhile. Was different. But I prefer Hades where I am more than just a pretty girl, more than Demeter’s dutiful daughter. Actually, they taste like ashes. “Prayer to Persephone” is one in a series of poems entitled In Memorial to D.C. and written for a friend who had recently passed away. I am not Death. However, I rule the dead and my name, Hades, has come to mean my kingdom. She became the queen of the underworld through her abduction by Hades, the god of the underworld. Until his mother walked in, saw him there among the embers and screamed. But Hades was patient. Eventually he pulled me down and kissed me. After all I’d done. The king I’m staying with has a son, Demophon, and I’m baby-sitting him. I am, I admit, stern but I am also fair. Dancing through the light, Persephone considers. Persephone 2.7k. Tell me that you weren’t hungry that day. That is Thanatos. The queen of the underworld, as they called her, was believed to be worshipped by secret cults who wanted to achieve immortality or a desirable afterlife. I like dogs. But not one of them could sit still for ten minutes without giggling. That is Thanatos. The torch I used to search for Persephone, but did anyone help me find her? Poem: "Hades" by Cecilia Woloch. And speaking of defilements and flesh: As it turned out Persephone liked sleeping with the enemy. Then she put my hand on her heart, kissed the nape of my neck as she liked to do, and disappeared. Charon brings subjects across the Acheron and I pass judgment. The myth of her abduction represents her function as the personification of vegetation, which shoots forth in springand withdraws into the earth after harvest; hence, she is also associated with spring as well as the fertility of vegetation. This piece is about 4 printed pages long. The queen of the underworld, as they called her, was believed to be worshipped by secret cults who wanted to achieve immortality or a desirable afterlife. That night she came to me of her own free will, took off the disguise of daughter and lay down. I love its crows and smoke. Let Persephone get used to it slowly. Her elegant fingers twitched as she dreamed then waking with a start she reached for my wrist and blurted, “I thought you’d be cold, but you’re not.” Saved by Estrella Padilla! Me with the missing daughter, her picture on every half gallon of milk and telephone pole. So every night I laid him among the coals and every night he was safer from illness and death. I really cannot bear to think about it. They’re like readers dropped into a story they can’t understand. She was the one welcoming the souls upon their arrival. What a wonderful child: handsome and smart like Persephone was beautiful and smart before… Anyway, I decide to make Demophon live forever by burning away his mortal spirit in the hearth. Mortals make me sick. At first. Ranked poetry on Hades, by famous & modern poets. More information... People also love these ideas Here’s the official version: Three of them, actually. [POEM]Hades to Persephone—by Lee Ann Schaffer. He showed me off to the damned (Tantalus said the sight of me was like pineapple on his tongue), we played tag in the Elysian Fields, and cruised the rivers. They praise the rubies on my shoes, they try and pet my dog, they whisper that their mouths taste like the sweet berries of the Central California. Neither good nor evil in life, neither hot nor cold, their punishment is more of the same: a cubicle and a PC. Ares wooed me (bronze armor, fire-breathing stallions, dangerous) and then Apollo whose beauty warmed the very air around us, but she rejected them and sent me to gather more crocus. Her mother, Demeter (who is the speaker of this poem), tries unsuccessfully to find Persephone. Instead, she took him and ran. He waited many years, building a world, watching Persephone in the meadow. I had learned to love my kingdom. I don’t have to be lonely. He wasn’t a rapist, he just didn’t have time for courtship. We get along now, and her world can be pleasant with its orchestras and Italian restaurants. Really, how bad can I be? My dog, Cerberus, is a watchdog with a long red tongue. Phantoms will do anything to get out of here. Tell me that’s not what got you to stay. Page The Internet address of this page is http://jacketmagazine.com/38/koertge-3p.shtml. Pretty Words Beautiful Words Comics Sketch Hades And Persephone Poem Quotes Qoutes Greek Gods Word Porn Writing Inspiration. It's a classic story, the two starcrossed lovers, divided by invisible social lines. Here’s a stupid-mortal story: I’m searching high and low, all right? Next morning I watched her dress. I had the story written: safe forever, at every feast in Olympus Zeus would marvel Which is the mother? I don’t want to be me. And my mother? I am a bit gloomy by nature. I am, I admit, stern but I am also fair. Hades To Persephone poem by Lee Ann Schaffer. I put it on, tip-toe around him, pull on his beard, blow in his ear. They were naked and frightened. I was my mother’s hostage. The sacrifices I’d made. My mother is Demeter, goddess of bounty. Inexplicably drawn to her glow. I Hades left my underworld domain / I rose to the surface after being restrained / And Per . It’s humbug. Pretty Words Beautiful Words Comics Sketch Hades And Persephone Poem Quotes Qoutes Greek Gods Word Porn Writing Inspiration. Then I ascended my throne. Is. When I take it off I’m wearing only a few jewels. It’s a lie. 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