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a Roman goddess
we could use

not a Colorado town
not Illinois either

nor northern lights
not aurora borealis

just plain Aurora
Goddess of Dawn

Goddess of Light
plead eternal youth

this time stay young
we need you

Barry Middleton

Saturday, February 27, 2016

Topic(s) of this poem: youth,beauty

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Dimitrios Galanis 27 February 2016

Aurora as many other gods and goddeses were greeg ones transferred to the roman pantheon.Aurora was the greek Eos.In Ilias she is omnipresent in human's activities.

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Barry Middleton 27 February 2016

I don't know much about mythology but I read that Aurora asked Jupiter for eternal life but forgot to ask for eternal youth. She was associated with morning, dawn and therefore light. The poem pleads for her to stay young but also for us all to stay young. Sadly impossible.

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