DAY #48: Ode to Venus

We are honored to have Poetry of The Planets be one of the featured installations this week on Designing Worlds.  The whole LEA episode is creatively inspiring, and recommended viewing.  If you want to specifically see the section on this project, it begins at 51:00.
Designing Worlds Episode DW336 - LEA Installations

Another wonderful Ode by Aeon Woodford

Photo by Wildstar Beaumont, taken for DW336 - LEA Installations

Ode to Venus

By Aeon Woodford

The Lovely Venus, Bringer of Peace,  

We bring Thee myrtle, roses, doves, and swans. 

Thine acquiescent realm provides surcease

Of stress when we upon thy chaise ensconce. 

Languid harp and flute apropos thy beauty

Grace as well Thy haven adorned in opulence. 

Enshrouded like the planet named for thee,

Can this be real or trick upon our sense?

Th’enshrouded planet bidd’st us advance

And wreck beneath its thick miasmic mist.

Didst thou in dalliance with Mars so entrance

And cause him ruin in thy famous tryst?

No doubt he sought to pierce thy mystery.

No doubt thou didst enfold him utterly. 

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Poems and stories (2000w or less) can be submitted at the drop boxes on LEA 4, or by emailing them to caledoniaskytower at g mail (dot) com. And YES, feel free to illustrate your submissions!