#adavidajane

Mother you don’t understand; I made Hades run to me. He saw my bones underneath And offered me half his kingdom. Do you really think I ate the fruit unwillingly?

-Persephone’s Return, a. davida jane

ZK Mythical Creatures Week Day 6: Greek Mythology

When I started thinking about mixing Zutara with a Greek myth for @zkmythicalcreaturesweek, I told myself I wanted to do something other than Persephone and Hades (I was intrigued by the idea of Hephaestus because he was disfigured by his parents and is the god of fire and metal working, but he and Aphrodite really didn’t have a happy marriage...). But then I suddenly had a strong mental image for Persephone/ Hades, so here we are. I pictured it in @dreadart’s slightly gothic style, so I tried my best to capture that. I don’t think I quite achieved it, but it was a fun exercise.

i’ve got a wlw poetry tag but i’ll link you to a few of my fave authors / poems. i think an important thing to remember is that if you know they’re a wlw poet, then even if they don’t use pronouns in the poem, it’s likely a poem about wlw.

lydia havens, “girl is the warmest colour,” “my angel, flung out of space” 

agooduniverse, “holy girls”

maddie c., “atlas hands, wandering hearts”

a. davida jane, “luck is a funny thing” 

h. yenna kim, “my lover’s in love w/ sylvia plath”

darshana suresh, “for girls who like girls”

s. mardon, “end of the world // with you”

trista mateer, “untitled”

natalie wee, “natural”

r.i.d., “the invisibles”

m.c.p., “girls meets girl”

annelyse gelman, “love poem”

mary oliver, “wild geese”

carol ann duffy, “miles away”

june jordan, “one minus one”

becky birtha, “poem for flight”

edna st. vincent millay, “witch wife”

audre lorde, “movement song”

cherríe moraga, “loving in the war years”

minnie bruce pratt, “we say we love each other”

ada limón, “day of song, day of silence”