Tarnished gods

By Rhiannonw

Wed, 22 Feb 2023
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Mythological fabrications and fantasies,
multifarious rulers of the cosmos blundering,
dramatic mysteries to amuse,
dreamy and steamy
tales of romance and war,
concocted creation tales and victories,
fickle frolicking,
frightening, fallible,
unreliable, futile
bleak, tongue-in-cheek.

Would you have one to be your muse
to credit in success,
in failure blame, and accuse?

[ IP: Pick one of the Greek or Olympaian Muses and write something - anything - around it/her/him. or off at a tangent..]

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Submitted by marandina on

"Mythological fabrications and fantasies..."

There's a rollicking feel to this sweeping assessment of the muses. Enjoyed, of course. Paul 

 

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Paul. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Tom Brown on

Indeed "mythological fabrications and fantasies," says it all. Wonder if they really believed any of it? Stupid. Although I found the poem a bit complicated.

All the best Rhiannon! Tom

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Tom. People still make up what they would like to trust in, and are taken in by ill-founded stories and theories. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Tom Brown on

It is so even when people read the Bible they read what suits them, what they want to read, the Bible not in the end even the actual authority. We all do it. Sad state of affairs but you cannot read the whole Bible as litteral. It's not practical.

Have a good weekend! Tom

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

There is much poetry in the BIble, but it is all truth, and where passages are meant literally not poetically it is clear, and other parts help understanding.

Some discard parts of the Bible because they think science shows it wrong or oddly poetical, but in time, men's scientific understanding is what changes! Rhiannon