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I Told the Gods of a Curious Gift

April 3, 2012
By ReneeB SILVER, Milford, Michigan
ReneeB SILVER, Milford, Michigan
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do.&quot; <br /> ~Sarah Ban Breathnach


Minerva warned to think it through,
Aphrodite said to flaunt it;
Anansi itched to weave the tale,
Setesh told me he’d haunt it.
The Fates glanced at their threads and frowned,
Ba’al shrugged then went to war;
Anubis told me to be wary,
As Melusina mourned.
Oya fumed and fueled a storm,
Bess laughed with childish glee;
Yu kept silent, ever thoughtful,
While Prometheus did scheme.
I confronted Fenrir
And he laughed at me:
“The gods are jealous, little mortal;
They’ve always envied thee.”

The author's comments:
I created this poem after I began to have a fascination with mythology. The names listed here are all from various mythologies.
This poem has been published this year's World Poetry Movement's poetry book

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on Sep. 30 2013 at 9:04 am
Firegoddess1997 SILVER, Union Grove, North Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Your life is an occasion, rise to it.&quot; -Mr. Magorium

This is really good. I usually don't like free-verse poems but this one is certainly the exeption. Nice one!