Selene

Oh, Goddess moon, Selene, sister to the sun
raven haired matron of celestial star light,
reign in your chariot's twin dragons be as one.
Rise refreshed reborn from Oceanus's delight.
Gift the heavens with your ever changing sheen.
Wash the seaside fresh and make our bodies gleam. 
For love is always with you, as mankind basks  
in your star filled bounty, your heavenly mask.

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Kash Poet

Date: 8/20/2012 3:23:00 AM

Belated congratulations on your win:Love this!

David Williams

Date: 8/19/2012 2:00:00 AM

Debbie another congrats for this wonderful write...David

Carol Eastman

Date: 8/18/2012 11:52:00 AM

Great flow and imagery. Congratulations on the win.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 8/17/2012 11:16:00 AM

Now here is a beauty I somehow missed in the past. GOOD one, Debs. WEll deserved win in what looks like two different contests. Congrats twice!!

Terry O'Leary

Date: 8/17/2012 5:55:00 AM

Beautiful! Congratulations on your win... Terry

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 8/17/2012 4:52:00 AM

Congratulations on your splendid win in Brian's "#197" contest Debbie. Love, Carol

David Williams

Date: 8/17/2012 2:47:00 AM

Debbie congrats on your win, lovely Rispetto on the moon..David

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 3/2/2012 8:43:00 PM

DEBBIE... CONGRATULATIONS ..ON YOUR WONDERFUL WIN~ Have yourself a very nice night ;-)*always..pd

Olusegun Arowolo

Date: 2/29/2012 3:34:00 PM

Beautiful write,nice imagery..this is good Debbie.I love the way you imposed the picture with your poem....Don`t forget to correct the typo on line one(goddess)...CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR DESERVED WIN..

Sashi Prabhu

Date: 2/29/2012 8:26:00 AM

congrats.... refreshing write....congrats...~sashi

Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 2/29/2012 6:36:00 AM

Congratulations on your placement in Nette's "Into The Mood Of Imagery" contest Debbie. Love, Carol

Linda-Marie Sweetheart

Date: 2/28/2012 3:50:00 PM

congrats Debbie on a wonderful win for this quality write and photo on Goddess Selene.. super awesome.. luv..

Nette Onclaud

Date: 2/26/2012 11:51:00 AM

thanks for coming around, debbie... nice one which i will relish more come judging time... re your contest, are we supposed to do our own 4-line verse, then compose one based on it OR do we use your example?.. lemme know real soon!... exciting " tourney"..:) huggs!

Russell Sivey

Date: 2/25/2012 7:09:00 PM

This write is truly beautiful Debbie! Selene is truly a wonderful character in mythology! I like how you brought up her two dragons that pull her chariot! Many say horses but I believe the greatest myth that's out there uses dragons! I really enjoyed this poem this evening! Great Work!!

Kash Poet

Date: 2/25/2012 6:37:00 PM

A beautiful Rispetto on the Goddess Moon.Enjoyed it.Best wishes Debi.

Gautami Phookan

Date: 2/25/2012 1:59:00 PM

This is a good one for nette's contest,and such a beautiful theme she's given. I'm not too sure about my Selene, still in the rough draft stage... and there the word 'cleaves', sure you can help Debbie... think it can be 'crinkled furrows' or 'crimps'. I put it as looked good there, thought it would somehow do for wrinkles, but no... thanks for pointing it out to me...

Jack Horne

Date: 2/25/2012 12:02:00 PM

I love this beauty, Debs. Many congrats on your wins, my friend : ) And thanks so much for your haiku help - I'm finally getting it, I think...LOL