Poetry
Caryatid of language
stone-robed, heavy-thighed
bearing speech as a temple
upon her brow.~a.i.
Happy National Poetry Month, y’all!
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Poetry
Caryatid of language
stone-robed, heavy-thighed
bearing speech as a temple
upon her brow.~a.i.
Happy National Poetry Month, y’all!
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“bearing speech as a temple upon her brow” – so many layers here for me…. the responsibility, the sacredness…. loved this poem.
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Thank you — I loved hearing what you saw in it!
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Okay, I have to admit that I had to Google caryatid…I surmised it referred to the female figures but as I am not our mutual blogging friend The Dancing Professor, I just wanted to make sure 🙂
I also thought immediately of the phrase referring to ‘carrying the weight of the world…’ which Wiki tells me kinda-sorta aligns with later male figures referred to as Atlas even though Mr Atlas ties to the celestial sphere rather than the earth…Sorry, I’m sure you didn’t need a classics lesson.
In other observations- strong solid powerful women as the masters of their own voice, bearers of words that speak truth, never to be silenced
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Well, I had a friend tell me he knew the word “caryatid” — from Dungeons and Dragons! I love how language moves about…
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