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in the stick figure theatre
they watch the passion play
about the conflict between
Narcissus and Ameinias
but is not the conflict truly
between Narcissus and himself?
~ornery owl has spoken~
Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay
notes and prompts used
For today's prompt, take the phrase "The Myth of (blank)," replace the blanks with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem.
Last year, Professor Ornery Owl explored the myth of Narcissus in great scholarly depth and detail. You can read her award-winning essay here.
To recap the relevant portion of the essay, in the Greek mythographer Konon's version of the Narcissus story, a young man named Ameinias falls hopelessly in love with Narcissus, telling the self-satisfied chap he can't live without him. Narcissus sends Ameinias a sword and Ameinias uses said sword to dispatch himself, beseeching Eros to avenge him before he dies by making Narcissus fall in love with someone he can't have.
Later, Narcissus falls in love with his own reflection in a pool of water. Distraught that he cannot touch the flawless specimen of manhood before him, he starves to death as he gazes at his reflection. Following his death, he transforms into a beautiful flower.
A flowing field of Narcissi, aka Daffodils.
Prompt: For today's challenge, write a conflict poem.
There is conflict expressed in every version of the Narcissus myth. Konon's version certainly goes above and beyond the call of duty in the field of conflict, but I postulate that in any version of the story, the real battle is between Narcissus and himself.
Prompt: Stick Figure Theatre
I molded this prompt to suit my needs. Please follow the link and read the post written by the blog hostess. It is wonderfully unique!
sharing with
I wasn't originally planning on sharing this with a blog hop, but it ended up being a perfect fit. The poem has six lines and the requisite number of sentences for sharing a snippet with Rainbow Snippets is six sentences, one sentence for each color of the rainbow.
Rainbow Snippets is a weekly blog hop where participants come together to share LGBT-themed work. Konon's version of the Narcissus myth is unabashedly homoerotic. I wrote a story earlier this year exploring this version of the myth for potential inclusion in an anthology.
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