We are Fools to Fear
On the first day of April
The last cold wind from winter’s cave
howled
into her ears and blew
across her face.
“He took her! She’s gone!”
Demeter cried,
pulled her hair and ran
searching for sweet Persephone.
All that day
No one could calm the mother
of Spring.
No one could make her believe
the truth of spring,
not even the flowers
that bloomed in the foot prints
of the Maiden Persephone.
All day her beloved daughter
was lost to this
courageous goddess, mother, crone.
The Winter wind laughed,
“You fool!
See, I robbed you of one
precious day
with a just a whiff of
what you fear the most.”
© 4/1/13 Carol Carlisle
According to Folklorist and Anthropologist Donald Dorsy this chapter from the myth of Persephone and Demeter is one of origins of April 1st as a day for trickery, and foolishness.
Happy Poetry Month
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Neat. That’s one I hadn’t heard.
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So glad to pass on this myth or lie or legend . It is true as stones go!
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The winter wind laughed…yes it did! But the whispers of spring could still be heard!
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Oh good hope lives even in the heart and soul of the East!
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you betcha!
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