All Comments on 'Chloe Draws Down the Moon.'

by greenmountaineer

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vrosej10vrosej10over 14 years ago
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An interesting discussion of Wicca.

lorencinolorencinoover 14 years ago
an important topic

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I'm fascinated but have some difficulty with this poem. Is there significance to the name Chloe? Is it just a name of an ordinary person performing the ritual of the priestess or does it refer to the Greek goddess of grain and fertility, Demeter? Does this matter? <br><br>

The content is of great interest to me and is a solution to the political poetry I long to write and have so much difficulty with. The current alienation of capitalist consumer society has its roots in the ancient victory of patriarchy and in dealing with this ancient revolution, your poem has meaning for me as a comment on the world I inhabit today. <br><br>

The line structure bothers me, though.

greenmountaineergreenmountaineerover 14 years agoAuthor
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Lorencino:

Chloe was chosen because I liked the sound of it and I believe it to be more a commonly used name in Europe where I imagined the Wiccan ritual, "Drawing Down the Moon" to be taking place.

BTW, I was more interested in how religious movements that begin with the virtues of mercy and love and then gain political power often persecute other spiritual movements who were perceived much in the same way when the religious power was considered a cult.

I'm thinking long and hard about your comment re structure.

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