Ovid’s Metamorphoses: Love and Transformation

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  “All things change; nothing perishes.”– Ovid Ovid was a Roman poet who wrote his master work, The Metamorphoses or “Transformations,” in 8 C.E.. He weaves more than 250 Greek myths together in one long poem to tell a story … Continued

The Wild Braid: Stanley Kunitz for National Poetry month

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  “The universe is a continuous web. Touch it at any point and the whole web quivers.” ― Stanley Kunitz I always dedicate the April episodes of Myth Matters to poetry as a way to celebrate National Poetry month here … Continued

Change perspective and change the story: thought experiment with “Briar Rose”

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    “But people must be taught lessons. Without them, none of them will ever learn.People are dreams and awkwardness and gawk. They prick their fingersBleed and snore and drool. Politeness is as quiet as a grave,Unmoving, roses without thorns. … Continued

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