Category: Rewriting a fairy tale myth or legend
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Banish the Idolum Tribe
Reanimate the aglaec-wif her son give Breseis back her robe tell her she is free There is no glory in war Write classics of our time Ambrosian warriors Beowulfs and Achilles of peace 1-20-20
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Alexander the Dead
Alexander lies abandoned no Bucephalus or Hephaestion golden shield, sword or lion cape Once he was the chosen one blood and gore – spoils of war rally the troops, the rabble and hangers on He died of a malarial fever his corpse a tourist attraction at the mouth of the Nile Now he lies in…
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Lot’s wife
(Sometimes, the patriarchy makes you ashamed to be a man) To the woman scripture does not name who cared enough to look back they still preach your story as a cautionary tale of a disobedient wife who cared enough to gaze back at what was lost No one judges your husband a father who offered…
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Three Haiku Wrapped in Medusa’s Curls
imagine a she walking alone cool of moon narcissistic he imagine a she her beauty accepts no guilt avenges Medusa imagine a she who walks alone brunet night the fear of rape dead 11-5-19
My husband's poetry 