tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-104083242011-04-22T05:23:29.771+10:00Every goddess name is a poem in itself: Isis, Ishtar, Venus, Aphrodite, Celeste, Selene, Artemis, Pasht, Hathor, Kali, Lilith, Danu, Brigit, Guinevere, Astarte, Io, Diana, Ceres, Hecate, Pasiphae, Juno, Innana, Minerva, Demeter,Vesta, Persephone, Anath, Asherath, Gaia, Hera, Parashakti, Luna, Circe, Calliope, Cerridwen, Cybele, Daphne, Freya, Ma'at, Morgana, Neith, Phoebe, Proserpine, Rhiannon, Tiamat, Urania, Virago - just a few goddesses from antiquity and mythology.<br>Pamela Sidneyannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12176846951494502630noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10408324.post-1107356018205203642005-02-03T01:52:00.002+11:002008-06-23T19:15:40.071+10:00<b></b><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; font-family: georgia;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Innana</span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">I am Innana<br />Babylonians call me Ishtar<br />know me as Venus love-star<br />some call me the holy whore<br /><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: georgia;"> </div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">I travel in a chariot<br />with seven most excellent lions<br />carry with me an ethereal nature<br />as fine as the moon-god Nanna<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: georgia;"> <span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">when I'm with him in the heavens<br />we are as nectar pouring down<br />raining great joy on earth below<br /><br />I am the third seal<br />when I'm exalted in the sky<br />engrave my secret sigil on copper<br />safe from eyes other than yours<br />then wrap your totem in purest silk<br />store it away in a secure place<br /><br />my sister is Ereshkigal queen of all Underworld<br />the reason she wears armour carries a bow<br />guardian for you and protector<br />she rules over war as well as love<br />passion and earthly gifts<br /><br />her colour is purest white<br />yet she appears on earth as the metal copper<br />her flower, the fairest that grows<br />on the blood soaked battlefields<br /><br />our home is the city of Ur<br />our heart, old Babylon</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Pamela Sidney 2000<br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center; font-family: georgia;"><b><br /><a href="http://www.pamspoetrypitch.com/"></a></b></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10408324-110735601820520364?l=goddesspoemstwo.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12176846951494502630noreply@blogger.com