the cassandra pages: November 2: Crimson

Who was Cassandra?

In the Iliad, she is described as the loveliest of the daughters of Priam (King of Troy), and gifted with prophecy. The god Apollo loved her, but she spurned him. As a punishment, he decreed that no one would ever believe her. So when she told her fellow Trojans that the Greeks were hiding inside the wooden horse...well, you know what happened.

November 02, 2012

Cranberries, a burst

of bog-born acid, explode

on my anxious tongue

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i adore the bog born cranberries.....good haiku

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