Persephone Life springs from her flowering feet like a pup that suckles its mother’s teat while her hair flows with the Phlegethon’s fire and curls into a shade of summer heat. Her voice is far sweeter than the lyre’s like the innocent touch of two sapphires, and her skin is a virgin alabaster protected only by floral attire. |
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Rubaiyat: Arabic form. In quatrains. aaba, bbcb, etc.
There wasn't a category for the Rubaiyat... sorry! This is how I see Persephone, Queen of the Underworld. (: |
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"If you care for others, then dispense with pity and sacrifice and recognize the value in letting them fight their own battles. And when they triumph, they will be even stronger for the victory." -Kreia
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"Life springs from her flowering feet
like a pup that suckles its mother’s teat"
being spring when she is above ground due to her mother's joy. Great work!
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"If you care for others, then dispense with pity and sacrifice and recognize the value in letting them fight their own battles. And when they triumph, they will be even stronger for the victory." -Kreia
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...and maybe Euripides' version of Electra...
...but I love Persephone... and Psyche...and Antigone... ... ]: This question is too difficult for me, lol.
Yours?
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