Saturday, October 31, 2009

Queen of the Dead

Bessed Samhain, everyone. 
The following poem is my favorite Persephone poem.  It is by Edna St. Vincent Millay.  I love the beauty and simplicity. 

Be to her, Persephone,
All the things I might not be:
Take her head upon your knee.
She that was so proud and wild,
Flippant, arrogant and free,
She that had no need of me,
Is a little lonely child
Lost in Hell,—Persephone,
Take her head upon your knee:
Say to her, "My dear, my dear,
It is not so dreadful here."

May our prayers be with all those we have lost this year. 

1 comment:

  1. I love this poem too! I've adapted it as a bedtime prayer for myself here:

    http://community.beliefnet.com/maidencreatrix/blog/2011/07/20/using_art_in_spirituality_~_prayer_to_persephone_by_edna_st._vincent_millay

    Love seeing a whole blog devoted to Persephone!

    -MaidenCreatrix

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