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Thrown from Mt. Olympus—why? Because of my limp?
Did my disfigurement displease you, Mother?
Did it make me less of a man, Father?
Let me tell you, I am not a man
I’m more, much more than you can grasp
I am the blacksmith’s fire
As he toils each day
I am the lava
From volcanoes
Light and dark
I’m a
god
About the Creator
Stephanie Hoogstad
With a BA in English and MSc in Creative Writing, writing is my life. I have edited and ghost written for years with some published stories and poems of my own.
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Comments (2)
The formatting on this is so clever! I really like how it emphasizes the speaker's (Hephaestus) sense of self-worth. I've always had a soft spot for him, and you gave voice to that. Very well written!
I love this. I'm a Greek mythology and subversion junky, so this really speaks to me. My main obsession is Persephone, and I have lot of pieces about her and Hades, but here's a short Daphne poem: https://todaysurvey.shop/poets/daphne-n01mgg0qgz%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">