Upping the genre ante

[mycroftnext]

I think this came from surfing around Yuletide fics, and the thought of Greek Mythology being a subcategory just amused me. Then I saw someone's wishlist which included "something from Persephone's perspective" (or something like that) which managed to spark this. And after one writing session, I closed the document and never opened it again,

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[mycroftnext]

Really? I feel like it's kind of all over the place. Also, I remember wanting to create this feel of almost seduction in the style that I was using, and it just wasn't/isn't coming out right. But, it's also entirely possible I overthink things just a bit, but if anyone asks, I'll deny ever admitting it. ;-)

Persephone was...I'm pretty sure she was full god, but she definitely wasn't one of the big 12. Ok, now you have me curious, so I have to go check it out...
According to the all-knowing power that is Wikipedia, Persephone was full-god, daughter of Demeter and Zeus. This has been your anthropological history lesson for the day.

My feelings on poetry. I guess they're kind of like my feelings on art: I can tell you if I like it or if I don't like it, but I'm not always/usually able to tell you why I like it. So I'm up for reading poetry, but I'm not sure I could tell you specifically what kind of poetry I like. Some of the most famous poems I can't stand like "Song of Myself" from Walt Whitman. It makes me want to poke my eyes out. But I really like his poem "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer," so it's not just specific to authors' style. But on the other hand, I like practically anything Emily Dikinson writes. But anyway, to make a long answer even longer, I really enjoy poetry, but it has to strike me right.

So in answer to the implicit question, I would love to see these poems! And quite frankly, when it comes to books of poetry, "i actually didn't hate" is a decent recommendation. I have to take poetry in low doses otherwise I tend to get a little bored and/or jaded with the author's style.

Best way to get an A EVER. Seriously, grading at a college level is a mystery to me.

Thank you for commenting! I really thought this would wither into oblivion, what with it being a greek myth NIP, so thanks for taking the time to read it!

[cynicalism]

if the central theme is time, more like the chronology of time, it would make sense that it's "all over the place," you know.

ahh right. i remember how we were talking about hades pretty much going after his niece--and the whole, you know, siblings being the parents of persephone. oh greek incest.

I HATED SONG OF MYSELF SO MUCH. it didn't help that we had this cheap dover thrift edition where all the paragraphs were like JUMBLED TOGETHER. but uhm, let me see. the first book was mother love by rita dove. and averno by louise gluck (who actually came to my college last year to read). taken in small doses, and they're pretty good stuff. just--as long you don't have to try and explicate them or anything. XD

speaking of greek myths! yesterday i happened to catch an episode of valentine on the cw, which is all about the greek gods/godesses and seems pretty cute.