POETRY/MANTINADA
When Goddesses Get Together
A fun challenge for a mantinada poem
A “mantinada” poem is a basic rhyming couplet and originates from the island of Crete.
Based on the saga that Carolyn Hastings shared, here is my first attempt to craft a “mantinada” and to continue the adventures of two Grecian goddesses, Athena, goddess of wisdom, inspiration, and patron art of weaving and spinning, and Thalia, Muse of wit and poetry.
Elegant goddesses weave their voices in song
to inspire listeners with their melodies strong;
Athena and Thalia, linked arm in arm,
conspire to amuse and do them no harm
but beware of their alluring eyes that beguile
for their songs spin stories to make you smile.
Soon summer day fades into night
and the blue Cretan sky softens its light,
poems turn to songs on the isle of Crete
and nimble dancers twirl on their feet.
Thalia and Athena compose verses sweet and true,
their mantinades link traditions old with new.
And can the Muse and goddess be trusted together?
Why yes! They’re recording this with a plumed bird feather.
Athena and Thalia want only to make Carolyn Hastings laugh,
for this isn’t poetry, just nonsensical gaff!
Check out how it all started:
