Cosimia – Oceanic-Visions

1344. Cosimia and Orea, Part 4

Frances HennesseyAugust 4, 2021August 4, 2021

Part 4: Deception of Hands (Last) [caption id="attachment_16800" align="alignright" width="225"] "Wheel of Fortune," Odion Redon, WikiArt.[/caption] “When Ancient Ones grew weary of earth, Those who dwelled upon it, all was...

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1343. Cosimia And Orea, Part 3

Frances HennesseyJuly 26, 2021July 26, 2021

Part 3: Exodus, Thunderous Storm As planet and sun, Orea was bound to us; Of this, she had no concerns, and I, Cosimia, Became her confidant, at times protecting Her...

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1342. Cosimia and Orea, Part 2

Frances HennesseyJuly 25, 2021July 25, 2021

Part 2: Phoenix Ash Emerging [caption id="attachment_22727" align="alignright" width="275"] "Venus Fastening Girdle for Juno," Andrea Appiani, circa 1811, Wikimedia.[/caption] As bees are lost in depth of flower blooms, I, Orea,...

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1341. Cosimia and Orea, Part 1

Frances HennesseyJuly 18, 2021July 18, 2021

Part 1: Legend of Orea Revealed We had heard of her, rumors spreading village To village, along seashores. Yes, I had dreamt Of Orea, stranger, yet one of us, kindred...

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1288. Cosimia, Metallic Voices

Frances HennesseyJune 12, 2020March 17, 2021

[caption id="attachment_15550" align="alignright" width="150"] "Junge Schönheit (Young Beauty, Flora), Max Nonnenbruch, 1892, Wikimedia.[/caption] Evening hillside breeze, wind-waving trees, Belief in gods, old and new, metallic voices Beckoned me, Cosimia. “Do...

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1259. Cosimia and Cyllene, Part 3

Frances HennesseyJuly 12, 2019March 17, 2021

[caption id="attachment_13226" align="alignright" width="150"] "Art and Literature," William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1867, WikiArt.[/caption] Part 3: Mysticism Alight in Bone, Blood (Last) Cyllene’s temple returned, released as vine, Tree abruption-ripped, roots bark-indwelling, My...

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1258. Cosimia and Cyllene, Part 2

Frances HennesseyJuly 11, 2019March 17, 2021

[caption id="attachment_10044" align="alignright" width="150"] "Portrait of a Roman Woman," Henryk Siemiradzki, 1890, WikiArt.[/caption] Part 2: Children of Ægina Infant eyes opened to sunlight of distant Foreign shores, goddess Cyllene breast-...

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1257. Cosimia and Cyllene, Part 1

Frances HennesseyJuly 9, 2019March 17, 2021

[caption id="attachment_15845" align="alignright" width="150"] "Unwelcome Confidences," Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1902, WikiArt.[/caption] Part 1: Glorious Bright Glances Our customs, rituals primitive, festivals, Feasts, beliefs mystical, living deities, Walking, teaching us, yet...

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1256. Cosimia, Two Sides of Self

Frances HennesseyJuly 7, 2019March 17, 2021

[caption id="attachment_10900" align="alignright" width="150"] "Hesperus, Evening Star," Edward Burne-Jones, 1870, WikiArt.[/caption] Legend of two selves, two sides of self in Same mortal vessel, one in body toiling, Dawn waking, daily...

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1170. Cosimia, Three Œtean Sisters, Part 3

Frances HennesseyDecember 10, 2018March 17, 2021

[caption id="attachment_18216" align="alignright" width="150"] "Birth of Cupid," Eustache Le Sueur, 1645-1647, WikiArt.[/caption] Part 3: Maternal Deity (Last) To this day, we speak not of what witnessed, Account on papyri scrolls...