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water bearer to the gods
exiled to a galactic canopy
whose tender kisses graced
Zeus' chalice rim, brimming
with supplicatory libation

Hera's jealousy raged on
ending in genocide for Troy
Ganymede, the lone Trojan
bearing upon his shoulders
drink, to quench Mt Olympus



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6 November 2024 - 2:40am — S74RW4RD
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I love poems about Ganymede,

I love poems about Ganymede, and this is one of the FINEST that I have read!!!

Starward

6 November 2024 - 3:46am — redbrick
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Thanks J-Called, there are so

Thanks J-Called, there are so many fascinating facets of humanity in the lore of Graeco-Roman mythology. 

here is poetry that doesn't always conform

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