6th Assignment – Blogging 201 – Writing Poetry Ballad – Heroine, Anaphora
Day 6 and I am up to date with my assignments. Yeah! I completed my Ballad about a Heroine using the poetic device Anaphora.
This is my imagining of what a young Priestess would say about her Goddess upon ordination. It is no way historically accurate or even a slice of history. It is just me and some words.
Ballad – Heroine, Anaphora
A Ballad for the Goddess
If I knew then what I know now
I would have
……….Hung my head in supplication
I would have
……….Danced naked in your presence
.
You have risen me from despair into hope
……….From disrepute into honour
.
If knew then what I know now
I would have
……….Picked sacred herbs until my fingers bled
I would have
……….Drunk poppy juice until the truth flowed freely
.
You have replaced my chains of slavery with freedom
……….Shown me the clues to great happiness
.
If I knew then what I know now
I would have
……….Plaited flowers and worn them in my hair
I would have
……….Sat in silent meditation on your virtues
.
You taught me the ways of love
……….To see you in the moon and the stars
.
If I knew then what I know now
I would have
……….Borne the lessons without struggle
I would have
……….Lifted my voice in joyous song
.
You have given me the strength
……….To face demons dark
……….To stand alone free from fear
.
If I knew then what I know now
I would have
……….Bowed down to you the day I was born
.
Cheryle Feb 23, 2015
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Sculpture of Isis – greek – roman sculpture / vintage illustration from Meyers Konversations-Lexikon 1897
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