opal jasper, #2: poem 5

[sunfright]

Title: POEM 5
Author: S. / sunfright
Color: Opal Jasper, #2: airs and graces.
Styles & supplies: Miniature, resin, panorama, gesso.
Story: Polyanaktides
Wordcount: ~40
Rating: Gen
Warnings: N/A.
Summary: Imagine it was Gorgo's poetry that survived the ages, rather than Sappho's, exhibit five.

POEM 5



‘Listen to Gorgo,’ sounds their mocking claim,
Well aware it is naught but an insulting nickname,
Should they speak the truth of this called-upon woman
Behind her screen of deliberately dirtied linen,
They would instead conclude: ‘Cleina, salute.’

Comments

[thisbluespirit]

Should they speak the truth of this called-upon woman
Behind her screen of deliberately dirtied linen,

Nice! And this does indeed sound like a woman you'd have to salute. (or else!)

[bookblather]

Yessss, fuck 'em up, Gorgo.