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it is v important to me that y'all know that Persephone/Proserpina did not go willingly with Hades/Pluto. yeah i love a good greek mythology retelling as much as the next person. i go crazy for those poems about how Icarus might have enjoyed flying and falling, I love reinterpretations of classic stories, please talk to me about your love for Prometheus and how you think his story is still incredibly relevant today.
but there is no actual greek or roman telling of Persephone/Proserpina's story that involves her going to the underworld through her own choice. In all the original stories she is a young girl kidnapped by a man obsessed with her beauty and tricked into staying with him for part of the year.
Favorite poems by Louise Glück
Pomegranate
Timor Mortis
The Garment
Earthly Love
The Queen of Carthage
Immortal Love
A Myth of Devotion
A Myth of Innocence
Persephone the Wanderer
Crater Lake
more to add in the future for sure!