Fading of Legends
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By marandina
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An imagist poem
Audio version at https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/fading-of-legends-mp3
Fading of Legends
Cassiopeia in robes of silver,
night wears an obsidian cloak
made from cloth of onyx,
reading a journal of gold-leaf.
Shafts of moonlight-dreams,
memories lost, untold millennia,
torrents that turned to trickles,
tales forged under dark skies
to signposts marked “eternity”.
Now graveyard stories.
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Cassiopeia - 'the big double
Cassiopeia - 'the big double-you!'
One of the few constellations I can remember, because of the shape.
A first reading has resonated with my own thoughts at this time. I may not be able to decode the images, but there's an immediate emotional response nonetheless.
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Excellent words to describe a
Excellent words to describe a woman of great beauty from so long, long ago. Even without including her name they would have suggested mythology.
Turlough
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Completely unrelated but I
Completely unrelated but I swear I saw Cassiopeia in my dream last night, then to come here and read a poem about it. (I studied astronomy for a science competition in high school.) I love the imagery you have throughout this... makes a really great read!
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time doesn't touch the stars.
time doesn't touch the stars. Only us.
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Hi Paul,
Hi Paul,
I think these lines sum up the poem for me:-
Shafts of moonlight-dreams,
memories lost, untold millennia,
torrents that turned to trickles,
tales forged under dark skies
to signposts marked eternity
now graveyard stories.
Also:-
night wears an obsidian cloak
made from cloth of onyx,
this is a brilliant metaphor. leaving the reader to think about the mysteries behind Cassiopeia.
Imaginative and very well put together.
Jenny.
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Really enjoyed this one
Really enjoyed this one. Old legends become myths? Is it so Paul? This is a very good poem working on some more stuff myself no mathematics for now.
Cheers, Pal! Tom
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Some good figurative language
Some good figurative language in there. Nice, going for the Greek mythology stuff too. Well-themed. Congrats on the cherries.
GGHades502
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