Geryon

Anne Carson is the best, really loving your theme here - wishing you the best this April! I hope to see some Greek myth poems!

I love the comparisons of red and the usage of color in your second to last poem, I feel like as the reader I can really see the colors, and there's lso a connotation of destruction which is really fitting. I also like the dark romance feel of the last poem. Your poetry is awesome, keep going!

Ah! The progression of images here is so unexpected...

she said the scratch on her knee
was red like a maraschino cherry,
or a clown's nose,
or like the fire
in the center of our planet:

I would never think to put a scratch, clown, and earthen core all together - but it creates an interesting mood and feeling of drama.

Good usage of line breaks in poem 2 as well - hope to see more poetry yet this month, nice work so far!

I love how you juxtapose red with different historical/mythical figures in your thread! There's a shift from Geryon to Egyptian rulers but the suggestion of red lives on. As if you first used it for blood as in hurt, and later convey love- something also associated with red. This metaphor could've been better developed but your specific references definitely make up for it. Great going this Napo!!