For Jane Dougherty’s poetry prompts this week, the charcoal drawing by Odilon Redon, entitled “Tears” and by the words: Tears, Horizon, Fly, Hue, Stealing.
I also took a bit of inspiration from Greek mythology and the story of Hypnos, son of Nyx, who won the hand of the youngest of the Graces, as payment for favors rendered to the Goddess Hera…
Charcoal drawing by Odilon Redon, entitled ‘Tears
She was light to his darkness,
most tender of the Graces, stealing
his heart at first
glance, her soft hypnotic
hue, shimmering pearlescent against
the purple-black horizon, a ransom
paid for favors, shifting
the tide of his fly-by-night
existence, giving birth to
dreams, sweet dreams, quenching
his eternal longing for sunrises and
sets, collecting his bitter
tears of regret in
rivers of forgetfulness.
kat ~ 6 May 2016
May 6th, 2016 at 5:54 am
I think it’s beautiful! I’m not a great fan of the Greek myths but you take all the rather heartless intrigue out of this one and strip it down to pure poetry.
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May 6th, 2016 at 6:11 am
Thank you Jane. What a lovely compliment.
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May 6th, 2016 at 6:23 am
Side note…you can tell I write these things at 3 am on my phone…this morning’s light revealed the jumbled mess of unbroken lines that I have since tweaked to form…off now to work and my other life! 😊
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May 6th, 2016 at 6:40 am
That’s how the thoughts pour out 🙂
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May 6th, 2016 at 9:27 am
This just flows in a lovely way!
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May 6th, 2016 at 9:29 am
Thank you Lynn. It was one of those middle of the night musings. 🙂
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May 6th, 2016 at 10:08 am
those are the best
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May 6th, 2016 at 10:09 am
I agree. It’s probably when my brain is the quietest! 🙂
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May 6th, 2016 at 10:14 am
haha yes I agree with that totally, can feel that!
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May 6th, 2016 at 10:27 am
I usually know my Greek Mythology reasonably well, but I haven’t come across this one before. Time to go on a search! Lovely poem!
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May 6th, 2016 at 10:37 am
It is the story of Hypno, Greek God of Sleep, who is depicted with wings from his temples or shoulders. When I saw this sketch, I thought there must be a mythological entity that inspired it. Hypno is who I found. His brother is “death”. Happy hunting!
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May 6th, 2016 at 2:03 pm
This is pretty darn awesome for 3 am. It has a lovely flow to it. 🙂
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May 6th, 2016 at 2:10 pm
thank you…as I told Lynn, I think the 3 am poems are often the best ones because there is nothing in my head to distract me. 🙂
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May 10th, 2016 at 5:35 am
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May 10th, 2016 at 8:53 am
Thank you Jane! Looking forward to the next challenge! 🙂
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May 10th, 2016 at 6:33 am
I missed this one during the week–it’s lovely. I agree it’s awesome for 3 AM musings.
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May 10th, 2016 at 6:39 am
Thank you! I do my best work in the wee hours! ☺️
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May 10th, 2016 at 6:40 am
I’m come up with some grand poems that I do not get up to write down, and then I can’t remember them in the morning. 😉
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May 10th, 2016 at 7:19 am
You should speak them into a memo file on your phone if it has that. I used to write songs that way 🙂
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May 10th, 2016 at 6:37 am
Definitely has a dreamlike flow. (K)
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May 10th, 2016 at 6:40 am
Thank you!
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May 10th, 2016 at 10:46 am
This is beautiful. Thank you for posting. Dreamlike.
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May 10th, 2016 at 12:28 pm
Thank you Sarah. 🙂
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May 11th, 2016 at 12:38 pm
As everyone else has noted, this is a beautiful poem! I like your idea of looking for mythical images that might have inspired the artist.
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