From my most recent poetry blog......

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Part Two, Blog On The Importance Of Seeking And Maintaining A Higher Level Of Creativity- ( New Poetry Form Included )

Blog Posted:1/18/2022 5:06:00 AM
Part Two, Blog On The Importance Of Seeking And Maintaining A Higher Level Of Creativity-

( New Poetry Form Included )



A Hexadic Presentation, With Creativity The Desired Goal

Six Poetic Queries In Short Verse- new Lind30Rhyme form…

(1.)

The Magnitude Of Heartfelt Verses



O' heart blessed be thy years

Tho' waterfalls be thy tears

Deep lakes form from thy crying

Shall there be sorrows in thy dying?



Robert J. Lindley, 1-17-2022

Lind30, Rhyme 7,7,7,9

(2.)

Insightful Thoughts From Within Inner Depths



O' soul what sea gifts thy tides

what dreams stirs thy bonafide

spirit bowing to love's calls

what ghosts wander in thy castle halls?



Robert J. Lindley, 1-17-2022

Lind30, Rhyme 7,7,7,9


(3.)

Those Dreams That Gift Us Desired Treasure



O' mind dare thee more create

therein, tempting Hand of Fate

with dreams that go far beyond

life and love in thy small splashing pond?



Robert J. Lindley, 1-17-2022

Lind30, Rhyme 7,7,7,9

( 4.)

Dreams And Love Far, Far Too Sweet To Explain



O' love can thy depths contain

dreams far too sweet to explain

how dearest sleep pleasures brings

angelic voice her fantasy sings?



Robert J. Lindley, 1-17-2022

Lind30, Rhyme 7,7,7,9

(5.)

Do Joyous Gems Come To Those Brave-Of- Heart



O' truth does love's power hold

sweet joys for the brave and bold

as rewards for battles fought

gifting treasures that cannot be bought?



Robert J. Lindley, 1-17-2022

Lind30, Rhyme 7,7,7,9

(6.)

Romance And Dreams Within Aching Longings



O' spirit does desire stir

deeper pleas within night's blur

or sadness dawn's waking hour

for lover's touch beyond dreams' powers?

Robert J. Lindley, 1-17-2022

Lind30, Rhyme 7,7,7,9

Note:
This blog , the second part of previous blog delves

into the greater quest for a higher level of creativity

and greater depths in short form poetry. Measuring

how well the new Lind30 poetry form can help in

that determined poetic endeavor. With this blog, I

concentrated on Lind30 rhyme.. Next blog, I will go

with Lind30 unrhymed. God bless…

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Blog Number Two has went hot sometime this afternoon.
Seems many poets are now using my new poetry form, LIND3O
EITHER RHYMED OR UNRYHMED EITHER WITH 30 SYLLABLES OR ELSE 30 WORDS.
Two poets scored POTD this week, using my new poetry form --Tyr

[icansayit]

Blog Number Two has went hot sometime this afternoon.
Seems many poets are now using my new poetry form, LIND3O
EITHER RHYMED OR UNRYHMED EITHER WITH 30 SYLLABLES OR ELSE 30 WORDS.
Two poets scored POTD this week, using my new poetry form --Tyr

Congrats. Hope all is getting better.

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Congrats. Hope all is getting better.

Has not improved , but has not gotten worse these last few weeks.
Wife's treatments keeping her fairly stable as of now. --Tyr

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

I am now currently working on my third blog in this new series at my home poetry site, with the usual group of hiding elitists working behind the scenes to try to limit me in any way that they can devise. Sad that such people live to attack others that are not doing a single thing against them. Instead, they attack truth, honesty and any form of expressing criticism of what modern poetry has done to Poetry- by its new standards. Its over emphasis on free verse forms and chaotic ramblings that it so lavishly praises to the high heavens. Whilst making stars out of those with far less talent but with just the right political leanings. Hence the spread of the leftist/socialist cancer into that Art form as well. imho.-
I totally reject that parade into utter stupidity, revisionism and arrogant leftist rot.
And these modern fools that seek to destroy the fame, the illustrious reputations of the golden poets of old..
For seven years now, they have tried to destroy me there, but have miserably time and again failed. --Tyr

[icansayit]

I am now currently working on my third blog in this new series at my home poetry site, with the usual group of hiding elitists working behind the scenes to try to limit me in any way that they can devise. Sad that such people live to attack others that are not doing a single thing against them. Instead, they attack truth, honesty and any form of expressing criticism of what modern poetry has done to Poetry- by its new standards. Its over emphasis on free verse forms and chaotic ramblings that it so lavishly praises to the high heavens. Whilst making stars out of those with far less talent but with just the right political leanings. Hence the spread of the leftist/socialist cancer into that Art form as well. imho.-
I totally reject that parade into utter stupidity, revisionism and arrogant leftist rot.
And these modern fools that seek to destroy the fame, the illustrious reputations of the golden poets of old..
For seven years now, they have tried to destroy me there, but have miserably time and again failed. --Tyr

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Part Three,

Blog On The Importance Of Seeking And Maintaining A Higher Level Of Creativity

- ( Examples Of New Poetry Form Included )



One each- of the four main derivatives of the Lind30 poetry form.



Abbreviations:

(1.)Lind30SR, = LIND 30 Syllables Rhymed

(2.) Lind30SU, = Lind 30 Syllables Unrhymed

(3.)Lind30WCR, = Lind 30 Word Count Rhymed

(4.) Lind30WCU, = Lind 30 Word Count Unrhymed



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(1.)

Mystery That Is Youth's Forward Journey



I sang of sky's blue-cast worth

dawn's echoes glad to be heard

ocean's great girth rivalled

beauty sent by Southern mockingbird.



Robert J. Lindley,

Lind30SR ( Lindley 30 Syllables Rhymed )

7,7,7,9

Edit-- rivalled

The verb is most often used to say that someone or something possesses qualities or aptitudes that approach or equal those of another. ... (Note that in U.S. English, the verb's forms are usually spelled rivaled and rivaling; in British English rivalled and rivalling are preferred.)

Rival Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster





(2.)

Under Midnight Moon, Her Tears Splashed Down



She wept in her darkest hour

under moon disenchanted

life had its sword plunged deep

eager to feel her falling wet tears.



Robert J. Lindley,

Lind30SU ( Lindley 30 Syllables Unrhymed )

7,7,7,9





(3.)

A Gift From Sweeping Depths Of Nature's Bounty



Nature into this soul sent its light

As a beacon safeguards ships at sea

She with saving grace set heart alight

Waking the youthful optimism and the courage within me.



Robert J. Lindley,

Lind30WCR ( Lindley 30 Word Count Rhymed )

7,7,7,9





(4.)

Night Spent In Poe's And Raven's Former House



House creaked, the walls mumbled wailing curses

In seething darkness I felt so alone

As dark shadows invaded through window's opening

Came torture of aching silence as lost hope began.



Robert J. Lindley,

Lind30WCU, ( Lindley 30 Word Count Unrhymed )

7,7,7,9



Note:

Of course these are the 4 main derivates that can

even further set pathways for ever greater creativity

in this new form, Lind30… Other subdivisions within

these four can be found, explored and enjoyed.

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On Creativity in Poetry-- Consider this:



https://www.kibin.com/essay-examples...t-poe-NqlTQcrh





You Can’t Spell “Poem” without “Poe”



The art of macabre poetry is not one to be understated. While the soul-searching, heart wrenching, floral laden soliloquies are favored by many, equally as marveled are the dark depths that exist in the vast world of literature. One may argue the supreme authority on this grisly area of fiction is Edgar Allen Poe, the Gothic genius whose brilliant and daring works have more than stood the test of time. Poe exhibits a flexible versatility in his writing, exhibiting mastery of his craft that is arguably unmatched by any subsequent author. In two of his most famous works, The Raven and Annabel Lee, this versatility is displayed through the eerie nature of the former, that contrasts with the dark romanticism of the latter.



The Raven, since its first publication in 1845, has been a fixed staple in the community of dark poetry. As frequently quoted, analyzed, reanalyzed, and criticised by new enthusiasts, The Raven boasts a mysterious plotline that has captured the attention of scholars everywhere. Beginning “Once upon a midnight dreary”, the poem continues as the lonesome speaker is visited by a curious Raven. The bird, perching upon a bust of Pallas Athena above his door, repeats his mantra, the single word “Nevermore” The speaker responds to him as he laments his great lost love, Lenore, who has been claimed by angels. Whilst talking to the Raven, the speaker begins a descent into madness, calling into question the bird’s existence all together. The guardian above his door is initially unperturbed by the speaker, but his unwavering stare begins to frighten and excite: “To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom’s core” Following this, the speaker begins to experience visions he believes come from God, haunted by his love Lenore whom he desperately wants to relinquish the memories of. Yet “Quoth the Raven ‘Nevermore’”, his response suggesting that the speaker cannot escape the clutches of his own .....


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Note:

I have now started writing a poem using my poetry form Lind30SR,

on Raven and Poe. Whereas usually when doing works on Poe my verses flow forth very fast. This time they are not so obligingly flying forth...

Which is not so bad since I am in no great hurry even if it takes many months to complete.

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Blog- To write, to not lose my sole remaining small joy

amidst this darkest sea, this horrendous cavern of

epic pain, mournful loss and deepest of darkest sorrows … RJL

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"If tears could build a stairway, and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to Heaven and bring you home again."

Author unknown

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"There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love."

Washington Irving

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"As long as I can I will look at this world for both of us. As long as I can I will laugh with the birds, I will sing with the flowers, I will pray to the stars, for both of us."

Sascha

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When A Briefest Moment Of Light Chases Darkness Away



When deep lonely becomes your faithful companion

Dark fills your broken heart's empty canyons

Grief invades and your happiness washes away

Dawn weeps so very deeply- all life seems all gray

Your tears splash upon the most dreaded, sorrowful ground

And night arrives to your fortress skillfully pound

This world every hour seems a century long

You can only cry hearing her favorite song.



O' god, will this massive pain ever fly away?

O' god, shall this soul ever see a happy day?



As I live in this dark abyss, where fear reigns

And heart and soul swim oceans of grievous pains

Will I, this mountain of heartbreaking gloom defeat

As this black-world sends each morn's darkness to greet

I as a poet know, God's light can gift relief

In a blink, break chains, restoring faithful belief

What can a heart do, when weeping sorrows invade sleep

One finds their fervent wish is her to hold and keep?



O' god, will this massive pain ever fly away?

O' god, shall this soul ever see a happy day?

Robert J. Lindley, 3-07- 2022

First Note- deleted….



Second note--

I pray such heartache and sorrow never ever

touches you my friends. For this is no greater, darker and more painful

experience than this…

This has totally demolished my thought to be fortress,

Shown it to be but a vain and mortal folly. No human alive can face this darkness,

this epic, avalanche of heart destroying pain and not weep..

I cry and yet wonder, shall I survive this??? RJL



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When Death Has Stolen Both Life And Love


Dawn, I beg you- Light return

Do so to soul gift relief

Now pain, all life's true joy burns

And Dark casts its epic stabs of grief.



Robert J. Lindley, 3-07- 2022

Lind30SR



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Note:

To my friends here, forgive me for not

previously acknowledging your many messages of

heartfelt support and condolences. For it is the best

that I can do to respond in this manner now. I post

this now to try to insure that my temptation to never

again write does not take over. For I truly fear that

should it do so. My demise would quite swiftly follow.

I battle this darkness, this temptation to just end it all..

May God Bless you all….

Robert

[SassyLady]

Live for your son.

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Live for your son.

Yes, thank you my friend, that is the most important reason to never ever give up....-Tyr

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Blog Posted:4/10/2022 8:20:00 AM
Blog,
A Menagerie Of Verse, Rhyme, And Meandering Thoughts



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(1.)

And From Within, A Flow Of Ink Seeks Eager Paper



soft sifting into soft

castles old and hearts afire

hungry eyes

and towering skyscrapers

concrete stairways

echoes from bellowing steel

whispers and mysteries

from meandering alleyways

and a world seeding darkness

into the shadows of mankind

time's furies splurge

universe pays no heed

earth rotates and dreams

begging sun and moon to drop

into turbulent seas

to quench a raging thirst

a desire as yet unknown

for deep within

gathering fleeting swirls

ancient men ponder

morn's breath, life and hidden cries

far, far into the scurrying mist

broken chains announce

a split, a release

of spasms of fear

and the final act

the dreaded end

to loving, dreaming

and the final footsteps

across time

another

star

shines.



Robert J. Lindley 4-10-2021

Free verse

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(2.)

A Dismay And Dark Dying Look At Life



Disillusionment, disenchantment, disconnected thought

O the decaying of life-cast embers, sorrows sad world has wrought

Despair assaulting senses, pale and peaked the cracks in broken heart

Only path to now be chosen, repair of falling soul's overturned cart.



Robert J. Lindley 4-10-2021

Quatrain

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(3.)

Dismay And Dark Dying Look At The World



Cascade of light emitting from glow of new morn

Baskets of splinters, love from sweeter life thus torn

Once was love's nectar from a maiden's hand sipped

Now the hope, from a mind, a heart, a soul ripped.



Robert J. Lindley 4-10-2021

Quatrain

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(4.)

A Dismay And Dark Dying Look At Pain



O deepest of pains, from decaying marrows seeps

Crumbling rocks line the lanes, nightmares pave needed sleep

Fathoms beyond, universe laughs and softly cries

Lonely surrounds, fallen eagles from dark-set skies.



Robert J. Lindley 4-10-2021

Quatrain



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(5.)

And From Within, A Bounty Of Words Flow Forth



sailing into waters swirling towards the abyss

heedless of the consequence, the coming hurts

within, a soul crying without any tears

a spirit existing as fragments of broken chain

rain falling in splatterings of faded gray

from afar, echoes

from beyond this realm

a soft cry

see, see the rainbows that await

live

thrive

walk from the decaying woods

swim the clear river

into the eddies of love

and know

life

its treasures, fear not fate

land ashore

explore

dare

to accept the colors

the glow

the joy

of rainbows, love, memories and promise

dream again

see again, live again

kiss sadness and sorrows goodbye

stay

pray

and ask no more the why.



Robert J. Lindley 4-10-2021

Free verse

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Note: 4-10- 2022,



Again found, the healing power of poetic ink

the sword that cuts away dark and opens avenues of light

yet reality says, the battle rages on,

for the foe is no weakling

and to live, to thrive, to find joy -vigilance is the call of the day.

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Blog,

( Ancient Times, Some Fragments And Poetic Memories )

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I Was In The Ocean, Man It Was Dark And Green



I was in the ocean, man it was dark and green

Man it was all nasty, a deep horror filled scene

Sky was a'bleeding, on my tacky new shoes

And Mother Nature crying because she had no clues

Trees were cursing, world its heart a-eating

Rivers stopped flowing, rocks took their beatings*

Life a'sleeping, snakes a moating, two by two

That was when hope and dreams both said, I do.



I was in the ocean, man it was dark and green.

Man it was all nasty, a deep horror filled scene.



R.J. Lindley ,July 15th 1974

Fragment… NOW COMPLETED

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Sad, Sad, Echoes That Bounce From Dying Stone



Sad, sad, echoes that bounce from dying stone

Nobody a'searching, here this soul sits all alone

Dawn its weeping, crying out to beat the band

Woke me from a'sleeping, that I cannot stand

Folks here dancing, barefoot without any shoes

Beauties silently prancing, nobody paying dues*

Life was a'moaning, but closed was the old door

My spirit was a'seeping, through holes in the floor.



Sad, sad, echoes that bounce from dying stone.

Nobody a'searching, here this soul sits all alone.



R. Lindley , July 27th 1974

Fragment… NOW COMPLETED

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Saw Her, Dutiful, Beautiful In That Blue Dress



Restless, motionless, oceanless, confessionless

Alone, seeking to atone, heart like a frozen stone

Saw her, dutiful, beautiful in that blue dress

And I a staring fool, just sitting there alone

Like a hungry dog that had lost its juicy bone.



Hopeless, useless, flightless, then cautionless

Blind, I wept for illumination to arrive*

Sorrows were my bread, falling tears I do confess

Love-cast dreams, I ate greedily to stay alive

In youth's vigor, worry I not how to survive.



Restless, motionless, oceanless, confessionless.

Saw her, dutiful, beautiful in that blue dress.



R. Lindley ,July 27th 1974

Fragment,-- NOW COMPLETED



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( New poem, not a fragment )


But Time Came To Your Side, Saying, Now I Insist



Fate, know this far deeper thought- stay alive I must

For one shallow day, die I become bone and dust

Silent, so calmly asleep, turn I into stone

Beneath green pastures, weeping I for her alone

As fleeing winds, moan when hearing my futile cries

I that so deeply weep, beneath Nature's blue skies.



Fate, know this- your awesome powers, I did resist.

But Time came to your side, saying --now I insist.



Robert J. Lindley, 4-21-2022

Rhyme

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Blog Note:

(*)- after the verse, notes last verse of the fragments, that was completed..

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Completed Contests that used my poetry forms as requirements..-Tyr

(1.)

A Poem Crafted In The Various Lind30 by Robert Lindley
Contest Judged: 2/25/2022 8:13:00 AM
Sponsored by: Chantelle Anne Cooke | Send Soup Mail
See Contest Description
Place PoemTitle Poet
Contest Winner Medal 1 The Widower and Wife: LIND30 Hilo Poet
Contest Winner Medal 1 Words Will Not Do Andrea Dietrich
Contest Winner Medal 1 GRAND LIFE Beata Agustin
Contest Winner Medal 1 Snowy The Snowman Constance La France
Contest Winner Medal 1 Pussy Willows Sam Kauffman
Contest Winner Medal 1 Winnie-the-Pooh Looks At The Sky So Blue Eve Roper
Contest Winner Medal 1 Calm Cruise Greg Masciana
Contest Winner Medal 1 Sensational sunset JAN ALLISON
Contest Winner Medal 1 What Time Said When I Complained Janice Canerdy
Contest Winner Medal 1 Lullaby Song Kelly Deschler
Contest Winner Medal 1 Terror filled me ere I slept Jeff Kyser
Contest Winner Medal 1 Old Homeplace L MILTON HANKINS
Contest Winner Medal 1 So Help Us God Sotto Poet
Contest Winner Medal 1 Subtle Glance Linda Craddick
Contest Winner Medal 1 To Love Charles Messina
Contest Winner Medal 1 The Cosmos Paulette Calasibetta
Contest Winner Medal 1 Called Home Robert Gorelick
Contest Winner Medal 1 My Love My Love Paula Goldsmith
Contest Winner Medal 1 Your Fragrance Subimal Sinha-Roy
Contest Winner Medal 1 A Scarlet Gown M. L. Kiser

Contest Description
What to Submit?

1 original, poem on the theme of anything. Must adhere to the Lind30. Please read Robert Lindley's Blogs for further information regarding his poetic forms. NEW POEMS ONLY FROM TODAYS DATE 1/25/2022 AND FORWARD. GOOD LUCK!

PLEASE CHOOSE "VERSE" FOR YOUR FORM.

Prizes

Many Placements Available

Preparing Your Entry

Submit one copy of your poem online. Format your poem. Please make your entry easy to read — no illustrations or fancy fonts.

English Language

Poems should be in English. Poems translated from other languages are not eligible, unless you wrote both the original poem and the translation.

A Note to Poetry Contestants

You are welcome to enter this contest, whether or not you won a prize in one of my previous contests.

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(2.)

LIND30 Rhyme
Contest Judged: 4/13/2022 4:09:00 PM
Sponsored by: Chantelle Anne Cooke | Send Soup Mail
See Contest Description
Place PoemTitle Poet
Contest Winner Medal 1 Green Reflections Constance La France
Contest Winner Medal 2 BITTERNESS Kim Rodrigues
Contest Winner Medal 3 Yearning Paul Callus
4 a boy, a king Jeff Kyser
5 Backlash Sotto Poet
6 Spears Of Green Emile Pinet
7 On Children Today Andrea Dietrich
8 Wine Time Greg Masciana
9 Big Bees Paula Goldsmith
10 Spring Cleaning Sandra Haight

Contest Description
What to Submit?

1 original, poem on the theme of .............Part Two in the series of Robert Lindley's LIND3O. 7,7,7,9 Syllable Count with Rhyme. New poems only from today's date 3/18/2022 and forward. Good Luck!


Prizes

First Prize, Glory
Second Prize, Glory
Third Prize, Glory
Twelve Honorable Mentions

Preparing Your Entry

Submit one copy of your poem online. Format your poem. Please make your entry easy to read — no illustrations or fancy fonts.

English Language

Poems should be in English. Poems translated from other languages are not eligible, unless you wrote both the original poem and the translation.

A Note to Poetry Contestants

You are welcome to enter this contest, whether or not you won a prize in one of my previous contests.

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Past blogs-- (poems presented there )


Blog on Balance as it is in Nature, Earth and Poetry A balance as the in-between of light and dark
Blog Posted:5/1/2021 4:01:00 PM
Blog on Balance as it is in Nature, Earth and Poetry

A balance as the in-between of light and dark





https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/871988...day-of-spring/



HARMONY ON EARTH Day and night are perfectly balanced on the first day of spring in snap of Earth’s terminator from space

The shot was taken from space on the spring equinox, which fell on March 20 this year



Jenny Awford

26 Mar 2019, 1:08Updated: 26 Mar 2019, 9:47

A STUNNING image shows the Earth in perfect balance between night and day on the first official day of spring.



The snap of the planet's terminator - the line separating night and day - was taken from space on the spring equinox, which fell on March 20 this year.



An image taken from space shows the perfect balance between night and day on the first official day of spring

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An image taken from space shows the perfect balance between night and day on the first official day of springCredit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

With half of the planet illuminated in light and the other steeped in darkness, the picture captures the Earth’s beautiful symmetry.



During the equinox, the amount of daylight and darkness is nearly equal at all latitudes.



It occurs twice a year, in March and in September and heralds the changing seasons.



Last week marked the official astronomical start of spring – which is also referred to as the vernal equinox.





"During two special times twice a year, the tilt is actually perpendicular to the sun, which means that Earth is equally illuminated in the Northern and Southern hemispheres," C. Alex Young, associate director for science in the Heliophysics Science Division at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, previously told Live Science.



This means, the sun is directly above the equator at noon during an equinox, which is latin for “equal night”.



“The 'nearly' equal hours of day and night is due to refraction of sunlight, or a bending of the light's rays that causes the sun to appear above the horizon when the actual position of the sun is below the horizon,” according to the US' National Weather Service.



In the Northern Hemisphere, the spring equinox also marks the beginning of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere.



The Northern Hemisphere's autumnal equinox — which will take place six months later — heralds the coming of spring south of the equator.



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(1.)



On Nights As Quiet As Silent Fern Grows



On nights as quiet as silent fern grows

Within solitude of a heart torn

A chill like a blanket of winter snow

Invades to destroy hopes of the forlorn.



Outside far beyond moon so softly weeps

Yet the heartbroken finds no release

Hours tick away that much needed sleep

Even most sincere prayers bring no peace.



Those sad nights bringing dark unholy hell

Life seeks to deny epic horrors sent

Yet sorrow's great powers are hard to quell

For heart and soul are both torn and spent.



On nights as quiet as silent fern grows

Within solitude of a heart torn

A chill like a blanket of winter snow

Invades to destroy hopes of the forlorn.



Robert J. Lindley, 4-27-2021

Rhyme,



(2.)



A Vision So Breathtaking To Behold



I remember that day as clear as glass

Glistening dew wet upon verdant grass

A true angel stood there smiling at me

I in my hammock under that old elm tree.



A vision so breathtaking to behold

Like fantastic romantic tale well told

Mind asking can this sweet treasure be real

Is this love at first sight that I now feel?



Taking a deep breath and another look

Deeper romantic thoughts began to cook

Tis heaven sent and so meant to be mine

I say I love you, I want to be thine.



I remember that day as clear as glass

Glistening dew wet upon verdant grass

A true angel stood there smiling at me

I in my hammock under that old elm tree.



I remember that day as clear as glass

Glistening dew wet upon verdant grass

A true angel stood there smiling at me

I in my hammock under that old elm tree.



Robert J. Lindley, 4-28-2021

Romanticism,



(3.)



There Within Twilight's Soft Whispering Breath



There within twilight's soft whispering breath

Resides divine words that can defeat death

Words of hope bathed in Beauty and Light

Treasures as can relieve saddest of plights.



Dare we mortals live our winter choices

Pleading for more with our desperate voices

Mind chanting our deepest of dark sorrows

Living each day, praying for tomorrows.



Our souls steeped in ravaging hot blood

Born to allow our emotions to flood

Prisoners to our passionate resolves

Seeking to our greedy powers evolve.



Should we ever vanquish our darken lusts

Break that stabbing blade that forever thrusts

Only then may we hear that dawning plea

To live and love true, daring to be free.



There within twilight's soft whispering breath

Resides divine words that can defeat death

Words of hope bathed in Beauty and Light

Treasures as can relieve saddest of plights.



Robert J. Lindley, 5-01-2021

Rhyme,

( To look with astonishment beyond the earthen plane )

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Blog on: Mythology and Humanity, Literature Once Read In High School

(1.)

Of Mythology And The Tales Of The Seven Sisters



Man that walks beneath winds of searching doom

Ever seeking treasured filled rooms

Therein lusting for all and all the more

Drinking in war and its murderous roar.



From words of a wizen sage- what is Life

But a zagged cut from a rusty knife?



From the dregs of a poisoned chalice,

Whispers uttered in the king's palace

Seeds of pain laced with life-moans of dread

Within deep agonies of Hades' dead.



From words of a wizen sage- what is Life

But a zagged cut from a rusty knife?



Forbidden, wretched agonies of Hades

Wondrous, bright glimmerings of the Pleiades

Asterope weeping in night skies above

Innocence ravaged, forcing her love.



From words of a wizen sage- what is Life

But a zagged cut from a rusty knife?



Stars and tales of damaged gods of old

Mankind believing such as it was told

Yet existing upon this floating speck

In greed's name, savaging earth, creating wrecks.



From words of a wizen sage- what is Life

But a zagged cut from a rusty knife?



Zeus striding across towering mountains

Commander of all life giving fountains

Once a wrathful god but now just a myth

Even He, Death cut with its mighty scythe.



From words of a wizen sage- what is Life

But a zagged cut from a rusty knife?

Robert J. Lindley, 3-12-2021

Rhyme, ( Wondrous Tales From The School Literature Of My Youth )

Of Mythology and Humanity…

(With Tribute given to Homer) , ( "The Iliad And The Odyssey")

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(2.)

As Destiny And Fate, The Olympic Gods Destroyed



As time plays its ancient dirge

Did not Zeus fly down to sate his deep urge

Not as a fallen god among mere men

But ravenous pillager of women

In such depraved deeds man still gave way

Gathering in temples to his name pray

And blindness held its grip on mortal souls

Seen, fallacy mythology extols.



Ancient Greeks believed in such Olympic truths

As a model to mode their warrior youth

Praising the gods for their powerful might

Blinded to the truth denying true light

In Nature's beauty they saw god faces

Honoring such by Olympic races

Man raced forward and its folly found

Set about to Prometheus unbound.



The gods so angered swift were their wraths

Futile their standing in man's raging paths

O' pity the tale of Olympic fall

And Fate and Death's sad final curtain call

For mankind saw they were not truly gods

Left them to die as it stalwartly plods.



Wherein mankind found yet another way.

Leaving gods in temples bound to decay.



Robert J. Lindley, 3-12-2021

Rhyme, ( Wondrous Tales From The School Literature Of My Youth )

Of Mythology And Humanity…

(With Tribute given to Homer) , ( "The Iliad And The Odyssey")

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Pleiades, in Greek mythology, the seven daughters of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione: Maia, Electra, Taygete, Celaeno, Alcyone, Sterope, and Merope. They all had children by gods (except Merope, who married Sisyphus).

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Pleiades, in Greek mythology, the seven daughters of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione: Maia, Electra, Taygete, Celaeno, Alcyone, Sterope, and Merope. They all had children by gods (except Merope, who married Sisyphus).

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The Pleiades eventually formed a constellation. One myth recounts that they all killed themselves out of grief over the death of their sisters, the Hyades. Another explains that after seven years of being pursued by Orion, a Boeotian giant, they were turned into stars by Zeus. Orion became a constellation, too, and continued to pursue the sisters across the sky. The faintest star of the Pleiades was thought to be either Merope, who was ashamed of loving a mortal, or Electra, grieving for Troy, the city of Dardanus, her son with Zeus.

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Pleiades Mythology

The mythology associated with the Pleiades cluster is extensive; Burnham alone devotes eight pages to the subject, and Allen more than twice that number (see references). Here only Greek legends are presented. Even so, these are manifold and often contradictory, being patched together from many different cultures over a long period of time. Further uncertainty is added by most Pleiads sharing names with otherwise unrelated mythological characters. So enjoy, but please do not consider this information to be infallible.

Possible Name Derivations

plein, `to sail', making Pleione `sailing queen' and her daughters `sailing ones.' The cluster's conjunction with the sun in spring and opposition in fall marked the start and end of the summer sailing season in ancient Greece.

pleos, `full', of which the plural is `many', appropriate for a star cluster.

peleiades, `flock of doves', consistent with the sisters' mythological transformation.

Genealogy

The Pleiad(e)s were the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione, and half-sisters of the Hyades, whose mother was Æthra (`bright sky'; a different Æthra than the mother of Theseus). They were perhaps also half-sisters of the Hesperides, who were daughters of either Night alone, or Atlas and Hesperis (`evening'), or Ceto and Phorcys. Both Pleione and Æthra were Oceanids, daughters of Oceanus and Tethys, the titans who ruled the outer seas before being replaced by Poseidon. Atlas (`he who dares' or `suffers'; from the Indo-European tel-, tla-, `to lift, support, bear'), another titan, led their war against the gods, and was afterward condemned by Zeus to hold up the heavens on his shoulders. The Pleiades were also nymphs in the train of Artemis, and together with the seven Hyades (`rainmakers' or `piglets'; individual Hyad names are not fully agreed upon) were called the Atlantides, Dodonides, or Nysiades, nursemaids and teachers to the infant Bacchus. The Hesperides (`nymphs of the west'), apparently not counted in this, were only three, and dwelled in an orchard of Hera's, from which Heracles fetched golden apples in his eleventh labor.

Individual Sisters

For each, a name translation is given first, followed by available biographical information, and parallel stories of like-named characters.

Alcyone or Halcyone - `queen who wards off evil [storms]' -

Seduced by Poseidon and gave birth to either Hyrieus (the name of Orion's father, but perhaps not the same Hyrieus) or Anthas, founder of Anthæa, Hyperea, and Halicarnassus.

Another Alcyone, daughter of Æolus (guardian of the winds) and Ægiale, married Ceyx of Trachis; the two jokingly called each other Hera and Zeus, vexing those gods, who drowned Ceyx in a storm at sea; Alcyone threw herself into the sea at the news, and was transformed into a halcyon (kingfisher). Legend has it the halcyon hen buries her dead mate in the winter before laying her eggs in a compact nest and setting it adrift on the sea; Æolus forbids the nest to be disturbed, so the water is calm for 14 days centered on the winter solstice, called the Halcyon Days. The actual bird does not build nests however; instead the story probably derives from an old pagan observance of the turning season, with the moon-goddess conveying a dead symbolic king of the old year to his resting place. Though this Alcyone and the Pleiad Alcyone appear to be separate individuals, they may be related: in 2000 BC, a vigorous period of ancient astronomy, the Pleiades rose nearly four hours earlier than they do today for the same time of year, and were overhead at nightfall on the winter solstice, when the Halcyon supposedly nested; their conjunction with the sun during spring equinoxes at that time may have something to do with the association of the cluster with birds, which are often used as symbols of life and renewal.

Asterope or Sterope - `lightning', `twinkling', `sun-face', `stubborn-face' (Indo-European ster-, `star', `stellar', `asterisk', etc.) -

In some accounts, ravished by Ares and gave birth to Oenomaus, king of Pisa. In others, Oenomaus was her husband, and they had a beautiful daughter, Hippodaima, and three sons, Leucippus, Hippodamus, and Dysponteus, founder of Dyspontium; or, Oenomaus may instead have had these children with Euarete, daughter of Acrisius.



Another Asterope was daughter of the river Cebren.

Still another was daughter of Porthaön, and may have been the mother of the Sirens, who lured sailors to their deaths with their enchanting singing.

A possible alternate name is Asterië (`of the starry sky' or `of the sun'), which may also be a name for the creatrix of the universe, Eurynome, in the Pelasgian myth. Graves mentions her as a Pleiad only in passing, with no other mention in the other references. Perhaps she was at one time a Pleiad when different names were used, or an earlier version of Sterope, whose name is similar; or perhaps Graves is incorrect. He also in passing calls the titan or oak-goddess Dione a Pleiad, without explanation or corroboration. Does the term have a broader meaning in some contexts?

Celæno - `swarthy' -

Had sons Lycus (``wolf'') and Chimærus (``he-goat'') by Prometheus. No other data.

Electra or Eleckra - `amber', `shining', `bright' (Indo-European wleik-, `to flow, run', as a liquid); electrum is an alloy of silver and gold, and means amber in Latin, as does the Greek elektron; Thales of Miletus noted in 600 BC that a rubbed piece of amber will attract bits of straw, a manifestation of the effects of static electricity (outer charge stripping via friction), and perhaps the origin of the modern term -

Wife of Corythus; seduced by Zeus and gave birth to Dardanus, founder of Troy, ancestor of Priam and his house. Called Atlantis by Ovid, personifying the family. May also, by Thaumas, be the mother of the Harpies, foul bird-women who lived in a Cretan cave and harried criminals, but this could be a different ocean-nymph of the same name.



Another Electra was a daughter of Oedipus, though this may not be the same Oedipus who killed his father and married his mother. She is said to be mother of Dardanus and Iason.



Yet another Electra was a daughter of Agamemnon and Clytæmnestra, with an alternate name of Laodice, and with brother Orestes and sisters Chrysothemis and Iphigeneia (or Iphianassa), though the latter sister may have been Clytæmnestra's niece, adopted from Theseus and Helen. Agamemnon was king of Mycenæ and led the Greeks against Troy; he was murdered at his return by Clytæmnestra and her lover Ægisthus, both of whom Orestes and Electra killed in revenge, whence the psychological term `Electra complex'. This Electra was also wife to the peasant Pylades, and bore him Medon and Strophius the Second.



Maia - `grandmother', `mother', `nurse'; `the great one' (Latin) -

Eldest and most beautiful of the sisters; a mountain nymph in Arcadia. Seduced by Zeus and gave birth to Hermes. Later became foster-mother to Arcas, son of Zeus and Callisto, during the period while Callisto was a bear, and before she and Arcas were placed in the heavens by Zeus (she as Ursa Major, he as either Boötes or Ursa Minor).



Another Maia was the Roman goddess of spring, daughter of Faunus and wife of Vulcan (his Greek counterpart, Hephæstus, married Aphrodite instead). Farmers were cautioned not to sow grain before the time of her setting, or conjunction with the sun. The month of May is named after her, and is coincidentally(?) the month in which the solar conjunction happens. By our modern calendar, the conjunction occurred in April in early Roman times, with the shift since then due to the precession of the Earth's axis; but calendars too have changed over time, especially before the time of Julius Caesar, so the month and the cluster's solar conjunction may have lined up then as well.

Merope - `eloquent', `bee-eater', `mortal' -

Married Sisyphus (se-sophos, `very wise'), son of Æolus, grandson of Deucalion (the Greek Noah), and great-grandson of Prometheus. She bore Sisyphus sons Glaucus, Ornytion, and Sinon; she is sometimes also said to be mother of Dædalus, though others in the running are Alcippe and Iphinoë. Sisyphus founded the city of Ephyre (Corinth) and later revealed Zeus's rape of Ægina to her father Asopus (a river), for which Zeus condemned Sisyphus to roll a huge stone up a hill in Hades, only to have it roll back down each time the task was nearly done. Glaucus (or Glaukos) was father of Bellerophon, and in one story was killed by horses maddened by Aphrodite because he would not let them breed. He also led Lycian troops in the Trojan War, and in the Iliad was tricked by the Greek hero Diomedes into exchanging his gold armor for Diomedes' brass, the origin of the term `Diomedian swap'. Another Glaucus was a fisherman of Boeotia who became a sea-god gifted with prophecy and instructed Apollo in soothsaying. Still another Glaucus was a son of Minos who drowned in a vat of honey and was revived by the seer Polyidos, who instructed Glaucus in divination, but, angry at being made a prisoner, caused the boy to forget everything when Polyidos finally left Crete. The word glaukos means gleaming, bluish green or gray, perhaps describing the appearance of a blind eye if glaucoma (cataract) derives from it. Is the name Glaucus a reference to sight, or blindness, physical or otherwise? It is also curious that meropia is a condition of partial blindness.

Another Merope was daughter of Dionysus's son Oenopion, king of Chios; Orion fell in love with her, and Oenopion refused to give her up, instead having him blinded. Orion regained his sight and sought vengeance, but was killed by Artemis, or by a scorpion, or by some other means (many versions).

Yet another Merope and her sister Cleothera (with alternate names of Cameiro and Clytië for the two of them) were orphaned daughters of Pandareus.

Still another was mother of Æpytus by Cresphontes, king of Messenia. Her husband was murdered by Polyphontes, who claimed both her and the throne, but was later killed by Æpytus to avenge his father's death.



One last, more often known as Periboea, was wife of Polybus, king of Corinth. The two of them adopted the infant Oedipus after his father Laius left him to die, heeding a prophecy that his son would kill him, which, of course, he eventually did.



Taygete or Taygeta - ? tanygennetos, `long-necked' -

Seduced by Zeus and gave birth to Lacedæmon, founder of Sparta, to which she was thus an important goddess. In some versions of the story, she was unwilling to yield to Zeus, and was disguised by Artemis as a hind (female red deer) to elude him; but he eventually caught her and begot on her Lacedæmon, whereupon she hanged herself.



Another Taygete was niece to the first. She married Lacedæmon and bore Himerus, who drowned himself in a river after Aphrodite caused him to deflower his sister Cleodice. One of the Taygetes may have been mother to Tantalus, who was tormented in Hades with thirst and hunger for offending the gods; however his parentage is uncertain; his mother may instead be Pluto (not the Roman version of Hades), daughter of either Cronus and Rhea or Oceanus and Tethys, and his father Zeus or Tmolus.



Astromorphosis

One day the great hunter Orion saw the Pleiads (perhaps with their mother, or perhaps just one of them; see Merope above) as they walked through the Boeotian countryside, and fancied them. He pursued them for seven years, until Zeus answered their prayers for delivery and transformed them into birds (doves or pidgeons), placing them among the stars. Later on, when Orion was killed (many conflicting stories as to how), he was placed in the heavens behind the Pleiades, immortalizing the chase.

Lost Pleiad

The `lost Pleiad' legend came about to explain why only six are easily visible to the unaided eye (I have my own thoughts on this). This sister is variously said to be Electra, who veiled her face at the burning of Troy, appearing to mortals afterwards only as a comet; or Merope, who was shamed for marrying a mortal; or Celæno, who was struck by a thunderbolt. Missing Pleiad myths also appear in other cultures, prompting Burnham to speculate stellar variability (Pleione?) as a physical basis. It is difficult to know if the modern naming pays attention to any of this. Celæno is the faintest at present, but the "star" Asterope is actually two stars, each of which is fainter than Celæno if considered separately.

References

The information above was taken from:

Burnham's Celestial Handbook, Revised & Enlarged Edition, Robert Burnham Jr., 1976, Dover Publications Inc.

Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning, Richard Hinckley Allen, 1899, 1963, Dover reprint (Note: Allen's text on individual Pleiades stars can be found at Alcyone Systems.)

Star Lore of All Ages, William Tyler Olcott, 1911, 1931, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York

Star Tales, Ian Ridpath, 1988, Universe Books

The Age of Fable, Thomas Bullfinch, 1942, Heritage Press

The Greek Myths, Robert Graves, 1960, Pelican Books

The Reader's Encyclopedia 2/e, William Rose Benet, 1965, Thomas Y. Crowell Company

American Heritage Dictionary, 1965

Fundamentals of Physics 2/e, David Halliday and Robert Resnick, 1986, John Wiley & Sons, New York

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This is a list of epic poems.



Ancient epics (to 500)

Before the 8th century BC

Epic of Gilgamesh (Mesopotamian mythology)

Epic of Lugalbanda (including Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave and Lugalbanda and the Anzud Bird, Mesopotamian mythology)

Epic of Enmerkar (including Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta and Enmerkar and En-suhgir-ana, Mesopotamian mythology)

Atrahasis (Mesopotamian mythology)

Enuma Elish (Babylonian mythology)

The Descent of Inanna into the Underworld (Mesopotamian mythology)

Legend of Keret (Ugaritic mythology)

Cycle of Kumarbi (Hurrian mythology)

8th to 6th century BC

Iliad, ascribed to Homer (Greek mythology)

Odyssey, ascribed to Homer (Greek mythology)

Works and Days, ascribed to Hesiod (Greek mythology)

Theogony, ascribed to Hesiod (Greek mythology)

Shield of Heracles, ascribed to Hesiod (Greek mythology)

Catalogue of Women, ascribed to Hesiod (Greek mythology; only fragments survive)

Cypria, Aethiopis, Little Iliad, Iliupersis, Nostoi and Telegony, forming the so-called Epic Cycle (only fragments survive)

Oedipodea, Thebaid, Epigoni and Alcmeonis, forming the so-called Theban Cycle (only fragments survive)

A series of poems ascribed to Hesiod during antiquity (of which only fragments survive): Aegimius (alternatively ascribed to Cercops of Miletus), Astronomia, Descent of Perithous, Idaean Dactyls (almost completely lost), Megala Erga, Megalai Ehoiai, Melampodia and Wedding of Ceyx

Capture of Oechalia, ascribed to Homer or Creophylus of Samos during antiquity (only fragment survives)

Phocais, ascribed to Homer during antiquity (only fragment survives)

Titanomachy ascribed to Eumelus of Corinth (only fragment survives)

Danais (written by one of the cyclic poets and from which the Danaid tetralogy of Aeschylus draws its material), Minyas and Naupactia, almost completely lost

5th to 4th century BC

Heracleia, tells of the labors of Heracles, almost completely lost, written by Panyassis (Greek mythology)

Mahabharata, ascribed to Veda Vyasa (Indian mythology)

Ramayana, ascribed to Valmiki (Indian mythology)

3rd century BC

Argonautica by Apollonius of Rhodes (Greek mythology)

2nd century BC

Annales by Ennius (Roman history; only fragments survive)

1st century BC

De rerum natura by Lucretius (natural philosophy)

Georgics by Virgil (didactic poem)

Aeneid by Virgil (Roman mythology)

1st century AD

Metamorphoses by Ovid (Greek and Roman mythology)

Pharsalia by Lucan (Roman history; unfinished)

Argonautica by Gaius Valerius Flaccus (Roman poet, Greek mythology; incomplete)

Punica by Silius Italicus (Roman history)

Thebaid and Achilleid by Statius (Roman poet, Greek mythology; latter poem incomplete)