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Echidna

by Lyn-Purcell

* *Fire in nymph's eyes Hips sway with star-studded scales As lips feast on flesh* *
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Written by
Lyn-Purcell
28 / F / United Kingdom
For You?
Written by
Lyn-Purcell
28 / F / United Kingdom
Published
Aug 17, 2020
Time
2m
Notes

New day, new haiku!

Still not 100% but slowly but surely I'm getting there.

This haiku is for Echidna, also known as the Mother of Monsters, and one of the deadliest mythical creatures around. She is the wife of Typhon, a Storm Giant, and (depending on the myth) is daughter of Tartatus and Gaea or Phorys and Ceto.

She is known to have the upper body of a beautiful woman and the tail of a reptile. She became known as the Mother of Monsters because she birthed some of the most legendary Greek creatures, such as the Gorgons, the Chimera, Scylla, the Sphinx, the Nemean Lion and many more.

As terrible and powerful as she is, I find there to be a certain level of charm also. I wanted to picture a woman who is fiery, terrible, powerful and yet seductive and I hope I did so in this haiku.

Anyway, thank you all for growing followers, I'm forever humbled and grateful for the support 🙏🌹💜

Here's the link for the growing collection:

https://hellopoetry.com/collection/132853/the-women-of-myth/

Be back tomorrow with another one!

Much love,

Lyn 💜

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