opal jasper, #5: poem 1

[sunfright]

Title: POEM 1
Author: S. / sunfright
Color: Opal Jasper, #5: hail and farewell.
Styles & supplies: Miniature, panorama, gesso, resin.
Story: Polyanaktides
Wordcount: ~100
Rating: Gen
Warnings: N/A.
Summary: Imagine it was Gorgo's poetry that survived the ages, rather than Sappho's, exhibit one.

POEM 1



We do not say farewell to our enemy,
Although we do gladly say farewell to a friend,
For no enemy deserves the opportunity
To travel with our blessings of their end,
When we cannot simultaneously stand by our family,
The one marked by blood and the one by hospitality
And must content ourselves with believing in
Their ability always to keep to the winding way
That leads to the welcoming doorstep of our kin,
Before night enrobes them too heavily
And they find that they cannot delay
The good fortune of our common enemy
Whom we did not even bid, "fare thee well."

Comments

[ilthit]

NICE!

[sunfright]

Thank you!

[bookblather]

oh fuck yes, Gorgo the Spartan queen? I'm so into this.

Your story tag has been added!

[sunfright]

Oh no, not the same Gorgo! Sappho references a Gorgo in her poetry who is traditionally believed to be a rival poetess. She was the one referred to here.

But thank you for your comment and for adding the tag. I'm glad you liked the poem!

[thisbluespirit]

Oh, excellent! I really like this.

[sunfright]

Thank you!