Under The Crescent Moon

Pulling her aim from the corner of her mouth
Her golden arrow whistled south...

The queen of the beast, in her chariot of gold
pulled by four golden horn deer, as the myth
is told...

The huntress of the wildlands stalking her pray
through darkest forest mist
pure gleams of gold... light her way

With her seven b*****s born ... the finest of the
Arcadian race

She hunted down Chione...the Princess of Pokis...
and shot out her tongue, straight through her face

                     <----Artemis----<<-

Twin sister of Apollo..God of music and poetry
This huntress carries the golden bow of vanity

Look into the stars, twelve hours past noon
See her golden light... under the crescent moon

Author's Note

mused by ->>-----Q--------->

Reviews

[Chloe..Across the Unive..]

I was thinking Diana was Goddess of the Hunt and or is it moon? I know Artemis is also a Goddess of Hunt and Apollo was her twin ..
Rather than delving into something I know little of .. I will say this poem is really well written , more so it is interesting .. She sounds like a bad ____. Would not want to cross her!
I like this last verse: ( all are good )

"Twin sister of Apollo..God of music and poetry
This huntress carries the golden bow of vanity

Look into the stars, twelve hours past noon
See her golden light under the crescent moon"

Beautiful poem, Rossen.

Chloe

[Siddhartha]

another fantastic, fantastique and mystical poem Rossen...when history and myth collide...magic happens indeed....

[northern monkey]

This reads well, with compelling content, but admit I'm struggling a wee bit beyond my ken with this.

[HoorayForUnderdog]

Interesting topic, well written -- nice work, Rossen

[?]

Not much on Greek mythology but I do know this was very well written and very interesting. Gonna have to study up on this Artemis. lol

[Madison A. Wright]

always fascinated by god and goddess, thank you for sharing this.. and for the 'history' lesson of Artemis..

Is Apollo god of music and poetry?

[Deviant Works]

From what little I know about Artemis this piece was dead on. First, of course, the golden bow and arrows, which...I think her father gave to her. Then, the horned deer or stag, a precious creature to Artemis. "The huntress of the wildlands" was perfect. And then the way you ended this, Artemis just below the crescent moon, which I think is how she appears. I'm no Mythology expert but I found this poem utterly amazing and well thought through. Staying true to Artemis. I just wish I could remember who Chione is, it's going to drive me crazy.

[SpokenWord]

You did very well with this one, I like story poems of mythologies of any kind. I am no expert on this one but I did enjoy it from beginning to end. Another deity with a bow and arrow :) Very good write.

[KAREN]

Great story with wonderful images to go alone!

[A]

That's a very good piece, it's a been a long time since I read something about Greek Mythology, very expressive... Great job.

[Adelia Alighieri]

Very expressive. Your description does wonders. Well done!