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Hymn to Oedipus

by sleuthslayer

I: The Chant of the Oracle

Switchings, bewitchings, and stitchings!
Child in the reeds and the rushes.
Beddings, beheadings, and weddings!
Birth name is spoken in hushes.
Searchings, besmirchings, and lurchings!
Rightful the king, and no other.
Wrongings, belongings, and longings!
Soon shall he lay with his mother.

II:The Fall of the Sphinx

Paws of a lion, and wings of an eagle;
Head of a woman, her bearing most regal;
Even back then still was murder illegal!
Riddles she asked them yet, choking who blundered;
He all alone faced her, listened, and wondered;
Demon, she sat there ‘ere thunder-god thundered!
“Four legs at morning and one less at gloaming;
Noontide on two legs: thus man goes a-roaming!”
Answered he thus, and she fell, her lips foaming.

III: The Thrice-Giver

Recalling whom he throttled on the road
Makes weep the newly crowned and married king.
He reaps the seeds of blasphemy he sowed:
At rope’s end hangs his queen, whose dirge none sing.
“Accursèd rose’s thorn,” he swears again,
“That pierced my infant heels! Let’s clip the bud!”
Her tunic falls away to show cold skin --
Her brooch-pins gouge his eyes; his chin drips blood.
First sight and last, he sees her nakedness
Who firstly gave him noble birth in Greece,
Then gave to him her body’s tawdry bliss,
And thirdly gives him blindness as release.

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Re: "Hymn to Oedipus" by sleuthslayer

Ah lovely! I especially loved the rush of the first section! You see, you can come up with Original Poetry even when drawing from old stories Wink

And three different rhyme schemes - this is certainly not a "long" poem but, if it were, that itself would be sufficient to keep the reader fresh. Thumb Up

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Re: "Hymn to Oedipus" by sleuthslayer

ryder:

Ah lovely! I especially loved the rush of the first section! You see, you can come up with Original Poetry even when drawing from old stories Wink

And three different rhyme schemes - this is certainly not a "long" poem but, if it were, that itself would be sufficient to keep the reader fresh. Thumb Up

Thanks again ryder for the positive review!

Also:

ryder:

Riddle me not, for you shall perish - I shall defeat you with a tongue's flourish!

Good stuff, is that yours?

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