Milk of Hera
From the breast of Mother Hera
pours forth the sacred lily fair;
symbol of chastity, purity
and womb of mothers everywhere.
White is the Lily of the Virgin
from whose loins a child was born;
innocence gives strength to faithful
hope to hordes downtrodden, forlorn.
Tiger-Lily of Buddha’s compassion
aggression and sorrows it doth ease;
enlightenment it gifts the spirit
emerging, lifts us to peace.
Playful is the yellow lily
singing song of merriment;
in the garden of the goddess
lay freedom from the elements.
Upper Egypt knew the Lily
Ishtar’s gift of fertility;
in Greece borne from milk of Hera
beautiful Venus the lily be.
3-17-2021
ALL YOURS (Mar 19) Poetry Contest
Brian Strand
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