Death Ship- death is a lady

[Thanatos]

Death has a ship on which we all must one day board,
Taking us closer to the Styx's nether shore.
Oh Hades, release Perciphone, your pride
Release this unwilling maiden, future bride.
Even Death cannot hold her yet, for her youth
Repells even your weighty immortal troth.

When the Euryenes have made their seam,
Enter now the vessel of blackened beam
Bearing its battered, torn sail
That nothing can curtail
Oh Death, be not hasty!
For death is a lady.

-Thanatos

Someone please comment on this- even if you hate it!


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[This message has been edited by Thanatos (edited 27 January 2000).]

[dclor]

(*smile*) Personally, I think Death is a Man!!

- Diane

Otherwise, I liked your poem. (*smile*)

[joshua_y]

I am not the one to be judging poetry, but I think the laconic second part is better than them first. It seems like the first part is just to wordy. Overall, I like the poem...

[Thanatos]

'as I smile coyly'-Thanx.
Death-the real lady.

Explaination: According to Freud, Thanatos was part of the natural human mentality, the part that struggled against Libido (the essence of life, vitality, and sexual urges) on the matter of death and suicide. The word Thanatos is the Greek name for the King of Death.

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[jinmich]

And you chose this handle why?
Janet
Not to offend you or anything

[cloud]

I've never been a big fan of Freuds, but thought I'd offer something of an explanation on the name.
In his dual instinct theory, Freud proposes that human life is ruled by two antagonistic forces...the life instinct, Eros, and the death instinct, Thanatos.
It's his theory, but he took the names from mythology.
Eros, is much better known by his Roman name "Cupid", and Thanatos (death), was the twin brother of Hypnos, the god of sleep.
It wasn't like all the good god jobs were taken, and Thanatos just got stuck with it, it more like he was the guide on a new journey.
It's said when the Fates cut the thread of a persons life, Thanatos took the soul.
If you ever see him, he's pictured as a young dude, with the prerequisite wings and sword, carrying an inverted torch.
I like the name.....and the poem.

[Willy]

Thanks for the insight cloud, that's really quite interesting. (....and he's right....I would not place too much emphasis on Freud! I mean, was this a guy with total sexual hang-ups or what?!?)

Interestingly enough, I rather liked the adjectives in the first verse that I thought helped to set the "atmosphere" of the poem.