Best Hera Poems

Hera precious, gorgeous queen of splendor,
of mighty Ares,and Enyo,the mother,
to thee I write my gratitude and thanks
for all thy blessings showered upon my head.
Thine is the pomegranate and the diadem,
with which you rule all worlds and human lands,
with magnanimous mercy and charity.
of rainbow colors dressed...

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Hera

Hope, Goddess of marriage
Habit Greek dress and crown
Hangs where family life
Home is loving strongest
Hides as a bird to spy
Happy to please, mortal
Heroes, she has soft spot


2/27/2022


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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...

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Sappho Translations IX


Sappho, fragment 17
translation by Michael R. Burch

Hear me, Queen Hera, as your delightful festival nears,
you to whom the sons of Atreus performed vows,
those dazzling kings who did such amazing things,
first at Troy, then later at sea.
And yet, sailing the sea-road to our island,
those...

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