She, the earliest of living things.
Her strength, serenity.
Eternal for the ages.
Birthed ‘neath a solar scrim
stars and silver moons afloat,
heavenly aura ’round her soul.
In her hand she held thee, wren.
Firstborn feathered creature
created from wisps of love.
Genesis of multiples
winged in soaring flight,
traversing through her skies.
Red blossoms, thorned and not,
suckled from her bosom soft
kindness sipped by every bloom.
Life seeded within her mind
begat entangled branches,
generations of humankind.
Earthly homes imagined
crowned forth upon her head
’til eyelids softly closed,
whispered words escaped her lips.
‘Tis done.
Now they must live.
I’m hosting dVerse today, the virtual pub for poets, asking folks to chose one of four images that I’ve provided, from talented artist Catrin Welz-Stein.
I also published The Cat and the Elephant, using another of her images.
I love the serenity of this image. If you click on her name, you’ll get to her website which includes much more of her artwork. Thank you, Catrin, for letting us use your beautiful images for motivation today! Pub opens at 3 PM Boston time. Stop by and be inspired!
This is a wonderful and sweet story of creation… I can see the strength in a story like this.. how can we ever hurt anyone who have done it all for us.. sacrificing herself.
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Thank you, Bjorn. When I looked at this image I thought somehow of the gentleness of so many folk tales, primitive tales, native American Indian mythology, etc. Glad you enjoyed.
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Your poem suits the image well, Lill! I love the way you have built up the poem from triplets and I especially love the lines:
‘Birthed ‘neath a solar scrim
stars and silver moons afloat’
and
‘Genesis of multiples
winged in soaring flight’,
Oh, I do love ekphrastic poetry!
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Thank you, Kim. Ah, you caught the She! 🙂 I do love old mythology and folklore…and she, in her serenity just made me think of a world started by a she 🙂
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😊
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A powerful ode tof Eve is what I glean from the flow of your words. “….Life seeded within her mind….” – sublime.
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Ah….glad you liked that line……and think about the “crowning” line and in birth, the head crowns first 🙂
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Such a lateral thinker! I’ve got to practice this more😊
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I liked the line: “Life seeded within her mind”
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Thanks, Frank. Glad you enjoyed. Seems quite a few are picking this image. 🙂
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There is something creationist about this picture, and myth-like.
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That’s what I thought too! 🙂
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🙂
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Oh so nice, so very nice, Lillian. A charming piece of writing.
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Thank you! So glad you enjoyed. 🙂
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And She is back, gracing us with double handfuls of mythos and whimsey-Mother Nature. Earth Mother–kind of usurping Genesis as a male gift–and so right on as to the connection to the art.
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Feels so good to be back in the dVerse groove! 🙂 Our journey was amazing and I’m certain images from the trip will appear here over the next months.
So glad you enjoyed this one, Glenn. Yep — let’s have some herstory here 🙂
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Oh, what a beautiful creation story!
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Thank you! It’s a new herstory 🙂
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👍
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Wow! Lillian, this is such a deeply moving and beautiful piece
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Oh my, smiling I am. Thank you so much. What a lovely thing to say. Truly appreciated.
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Again, such Awesome Excellence of Emotions and Imagery.. 😎🥀😎🥀😎🥀
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Thank you!
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Ooooo. I love this! Feels like an extended (better) version of mine. 😉
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Glad you enjoyed…..duality of mind here? 🙂 ❤
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I love the inspiration that comes from art! You Creation story rivals Genesis!
Dwight
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I was so enthralled with her work. Do look at the short youtube video I’ve included toward the end of the prompt. It has more of her images set to music — absolutely wonderful! Glad you liked my primitve folk tale here!
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Thank you. I will!
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Wonderful version of Creation. She has a soft, sweet smile.
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I love her serenity!
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Elegant and mythical! A true gem!
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Thank you, Frank! 🙂 So appreciate your kind words here.
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my pleasure, lillian! 🙂
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I think she did great with the birds and roses. You have given her a grand venue
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Glad you enjoyed!
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😁
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I found myself immersed in your poetic creation.
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Ah…..poetry by immersion. 🙂 Sounds good…glad you enjoyed!
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A beautiful version of “Mother Nature” …
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Thank you, Margaret. I absolutely love this artist’s images….and this one just seemed so serene.
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You weaved a beautiful tale from this image!
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Thank you, Mary. Somehow, I found this serene female image so caring and nurturing…Glad you enjoyed the tale.
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What a lovely creation story. It’s one of those pieces that makes the image “obviously” an illustration to the story, rather than the other way round. There’s a dreaming power to it.
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Thank you so much for these very kind words Sarah. Truly appreciated. Happy Wednesday!
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Ah, I see Mother Earth in this creation stroy
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Yes indeed….she is there!
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I like the myth-like quality of your poem.
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Thank you….I was just so taken with the serenity of this image! 🙂
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I love this Genesis story for better than the one I am familiar with.
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Oh my….thank you, Susie!
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Wonderful mythical quality to this. Captures the timelessness of the image well. (K)
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Thank you. I love the serenity of this image!
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Wow, now I can see how inspired you were by this surreal art, seeing such a profound origin myth in this image.
“Life seeded within her mind
begat entangled branches,
generations of humankind.”
It’s like I saw a dream, and you saw a reality. Well done, Lillian.
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Oh my….what a wonderful comment to read. Thank you so very very much! We’ve been gone for the funeral of a dear friend…Ready to head back home now so just reading this. It brought a smile to my face in the midst of a difficult few days. Thank you so very much. Truly appreciate your comment here.
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Such amazing imagery you have created with your words Lillian! My favorite stanza:
In her hand she held thee, wren.
Firstborn feathered creature
created from wisps of love.
Wisps of Love- beautiful!
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Thank you! I just so enjoyed her artwork….glad you enjoyed my interpretation of the image here.
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It’s so good to read this…there is a kind of serenity….and beautiful….!!!
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Ah, thank you! That word “serenity” — exactly what I first felt looking at this image 🙂
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each culture or race has a creation story different from the biblical or evolutionary one, you have written one like its been told for ages and passed down by word of mouth and become infused with so much wonder and tenderness for SHE, the loving creator of a safe world. and how gently we must treat her in return. I’d think this would be excellent for a lesson on life sustainability in a school lesson.
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What a wonderful wonderful comment to read. Thank you so very much!
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After the first few lines, mother nature popped into my head.
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🙂 Smiling I am. Glad you enjoyed!
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