~ Fertile Elegance

~ My honor to Demeter, the goddess of land, and the fertile

~ Fertile Elegance

 

 

In honor of Demeter

 

 

As she imagined the barren fields

Those whose the almighty sun drought,

And gave a yellow glow over the cornfields

She cared, and loved as if nature

Was her twin sister, which she breathed

 

Vines and pomegranate fields she blowed life

In all colors with her breath and lovely insight

Hope within the sun, the land, and where the ray of light

Shined cheerful, and flavors enriched growth

Where fair love blossomed in supreme happiness

 

Where the seeds were distributed,

She gave her blink of hope, and lust

From everything that could perish as always

Confident in a next creation could flourish

And where almighty colors together could melt

 

Into a new whole, a part of life

A pearl of the fertile ground

And the need to survive

With enough water as silver rain

Could whirl on her bed of earth

 

Without Demeter, the earth was dry,

Bald and gutters filled with rich emptiness

She was the goddess of agriculture and fertility

As she gave her love to many other sorrows, which

And as she herself could efface herself, as unimportant.

 

Her glory was the pure unanimity

With what actually was most important

For everyone, and even when she always remained modest

Under her so beautiful olive tree, and prayed for

Her cornfield to love and embrace a new season.

~ Elisa Laura

Author's Note

In honor of the one of my most favorite persons of the Greek ancient mythology.

"And one of my loveliest modern Greek artists/musicians to compare with, it is dramatic as you must have watch the whole video... but this is Europe, and Europe is passion.... "




Thank you. xx

Reviews

[TheSweet]

It is important to remember the characters of the past, from ancient Greek Godesses to heroes of the Nordic - every one of them holds a lot of meaning and were certain people's entire lives.
Here you pain a lovely picture of how important Demeter was, way back then - and so holds a lot of grounding now. (no pun intended) It's nice to see you've lost nothing of your skill in my long break from reading it :) Thanks!

Thank you so much Sweet, it's a little hobby of me, Ancient Greek, I have a weak for the old Greek lol... Demeter, for me was one of the most important goddeses. Many thank yous, for passing by, I will come back for your beautiful stories!! :)

[TheSweet]

I'm afraid I can't boast anything new of worth, really. All my great ideas are in process not near completion or on hold until I have more free time. No worries on the review though. Greek is a weakness we share :)

That's ok, then i go through older ones... :D as the poet or writer is immortal, when he/she writes ink. So good to have you back for a while. Nice we share that weakness :)

[Lily Mae]

You have shared her story well with words that adorn her and her essence. This is beauty and passion at it's best.. xo

Thank you very much Lil for your words xo

[Kenneth The Poet]

I am surprised nobody named a salad after her. I had a beautiful meal this weekend made by the hands of somebody else's mother. She used black Greek olives for the salad and extra virgin olive oil for the asparagus spears. She got me to like asparagus again. The spirit of Demeter was flowing through at the time. I really wonder if Demeter is who Mother Nature really is. A quality, quality work, E.L.

I am surprised too! good idea to do indeed, that is wonderful! For the ancient greek, she was their Mother Nature, yes :) thank you so much Kenneth.

[Distant horizons]

Beautiful and passionate as ever Elisa. The softness in your words flow so well into each new line not quite like from season to season, but rather the creation of seasons in the first place. Where would we all be if she had been busy that day? Wonderful work.

Thank you very very much Lorry for your support, and beautiful words :)

[Sheila Kline]

I have learned much from reading your poem, and have certainly been inspired by the beautiful, touching passion in the video! All is so very nice. It has been a long time since I have studied much about the Greek Gods though I have some recall of them, and you have helped revive my memory of the yesterdays when their existence was more pronounced in my mind!
You are to be applauded for your write of "Fertile Elegance"!! It is elegant, as is the Goddess of Mythology!

Thank you so much love. Your words, are Greek-Dutch, they are so welcome! loved it! xo, and you will know soon, and see all the coincidences, in between~ when you live life... ♥

[Sheila Kline]

Ah, yes!! You are such a Dear!! May we each live life to the fullest and let the joy that comes in our lives be ever present!! xoxo

Smiling to you Sheila! you're such a wonderful soul! x

[quinfinn]

this write evokes so much passion with beautiful flowing imagery that it actually touches the soul. excellent piece!

Thank you so much for your time, and review, glad you enjoyed. :)

[quinfinn]

truly

Very happy, I could take you to my favorite Greek goddes, as her ancient roots, are as Greek "Ouzo" and true love...and passion.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

She sounds like mother nature and mother earth all rolled into one. A very enchanting poem.

Oh yes, she was for the Greek the Gaia, or (Cybele, also Kybele) for the romans, she was the Greek, Gaia. A mother nature, but most of all a simple soul with an heart full of love, for those, and all around, she picked out... thank you so much Dale, as always.

[ba_mcfarlane]

I ran into a bottle of ouzo at the Greek Pavilion during "Caravan" ( a long story). The ouzo won, best 2 out of 3. It was still barrels of fun. What I can recall.

Canadian, I know you're a European some how, no doubt, Yamas!!!! (cheers)

P.S. fired on corn .... as well as Mexican beer, Corona / Coronita... , That aside * lol * But the queen of fertility, had corn in higher banners... all is connected ~