The seer warned us we would be declared unpersons unless a libation of griffin tears was offered in time We started to hurt griffins maim them kill them they never cried We abducted their young, hunted their old we just couldn’t make them cry At the panhellenic sanctuary we spilled griffins’ blood poored it fast, poored it slow from a gold phiale, to no avail We fought, we lost, we were declared unpersons humans banned us from this worldlet Only three of our kind reached the escape ship survived gravity withdrawal remained in cryosleep As light-centuries passed we hacked the future found a probability world reinstalled our overmind Recently a chronoscopy has shown griffin tears are no unobtainium - you just need to make ‘em laugh We won’t let it happen again There’s a disintegrator aimed at their class M planet now No dystopic earthman shall contaminate multiverse with meatspace again
The prompt at napowrimo.net today was “to write a poem using at least one word/concept/idea from each of two specialty dictionaries: Lempriere’s Classical Dictionary and the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.” Which made searching for art at The Met easier today. I simply searched their Greek and Roman Art department until I found a piece of art that invited a poem…
Period: Geometric
Date: mid-8th century B.C.
Culture: Greek
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: H. 4 3/8 in. (11.10 cm)
Classification: Bronzes
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number: 17.190.2072
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This is inspired! Make them laugh, of course! 😀 I also used worldlet in my poem. Such a cool little word.
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Wow. First off, congratulations on being featured today for this wonderful poem. It’s apparent to me that you know how to use the classical dictionary. You wrote, “It made searching for art at The Met easier today. I simply searched their Greek and Roman Art department until I found a piece of art that invited a poem…”
Thanks, that’s a good hint on how to go about using it. I will definitely try your method next time.
What a ‘complete’ poem you published. Kept my interest throughout. Loved it to pieces, particularly, this line:
“griffin tears are no unobtainium –
you just need to make ‘em laugh.”
Thanks so much for sharing it.
My friend, keep going. You’re doing amazing. I wish you miracles.
Can I share your poem on my blog too today? Reblog in whatever form it will technically work? I’d love to keep our poems close together. Both because I like yours a lot, and in celebration.
Oh, heavens. Yes. Please and Thanks.
That would please me immensely.
You’re so sweet to ask.
Thanks.
My audience is small. I will not post more than once a day so as not to overwhelm them. But I will mention your poem in my blog post. I sure will.
(And remember this moment forever)
I will kill my bad habit of comparing myself to you and your poem (writers/poets are NOT in competition with each other) but know that it brings me immense pleasure to be featured alongside you.
This has transported me to ‘elsewhen’ but I know better than to let it get to my head.
Keep going. Here’s looking at you. I wish you miracles.
Congratulations on being chosen for NaPoWriMo featured poet April 12, 2021! Good to know you. Good poem! Good on’ya, mate!
Yay, thank you!
Wonderfully wild word fantasy. Proving that for a true poet’s imagination and skill there’s no unobtanium!
I enjoy your comment a lot. Thank you! I’ll be hopping over to your blog later today, when I have some quiet time to read. I missed a few I think. Looking forward to revisiting.
Thank you, Angela. I greatly appreciate being in contact with you.
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Wow. This was a wonderful poem and you aced the prompt. Congratulations on being featured.
Thank you! I was radiantly happy yesterday. Such an honour, and a pleasure.
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Congratulations Angela on being featured. This was outstanding. Enjoyed every line.
Thank you so much, I’m happy to hear that!