The full moon shines brightly in the late Summer sky
as meteors shoot like arrows from a bow.
A coyote's distant howl echoes from the
mountain and its trees. I imagine
Artemis leading her hunters
on the chase, as Orion
watches from his place in
the stars, til brother
Apollo brings
the dawn and
ends the
hunt.
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This poem was written for Savannah's Summoning the Pantheon challenge. Read more about the challenge here:
If you enjoyed this poem, please let me know with your likes/comments/insights!
You may also enjoy this one, also inspired by late summer stargazing:
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Kelsey Clarey
She/Her/Fae/Faer. I live in Nova Scotia, Canada. I mostly write poetry and flash fiction currently, a lot of it fantasy/folklore/fairy tale inspired. I also like to do a lot of fiber arts and design TTRPGs.
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Comments (13)
Love this so much! Congratulations on placing second in Savannah's contest with your amazing poem!
Because Vocal doesn't let you tag people, you may have missed this ... but congratulations! Your beautiful poem was second place in my challenge! 🩷 https://shopping-feedback.today/writers/summoning-the-pantheon-results%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
wow amazing
Firstly, let me apologise for being so late to read this, I wanted to be in the right head space to read the poems and for most of September I wasn't ... Second ... WOW! This was amazing! Thank you for entering such an amazing poem to my challenge! The imagery in this was spectacular, and the use of the hunt and night and day ... brilliant! 🩷
Loved the magic here!!!
Great idea to use the star field. Some of my favorite characters, used in a creative way!
I really loved how you connected the Greek mythology with nature’s beauty and infinity in this poem, Kelsey.
I love how you have woven myth into the poem as well as reminding us that Artemis and Apollo are siblings. Great work!
Oh wowww, this was soooo beautiful! Loved it so much!
I love how you incorporated not only Artemis and Apollo but also Orion into this poem. It shows a great knowledge of the Greek myths that you based the poem on and adds a subtle level of romance and longing to it. Well done.
Fabulously penned!!!❤️❤️💕
Wonderful take on the challenge, great words
This is great! Love the imagery. Funny thing is mine is going to be about Apollo and set in Spring. Great entry for Savannah's challenge, Kelsey!