Love Poem: Goddess Muse
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Written by: Ngoc Nguyen

Goddess Muse

SHE shines with joy, like one in love
     with love itself and all that’s lush;
and when the Grecian gods above
     perceive her from the underbrush, 
she takes wing like a fearsome dove
     with the shrill of a mighty thrush. 

With yellow locks, from fair to fair,
     and limpid, liquid eyes deep blue,
none are like her or can compare
     to her likeness of pearly hue,
which gives light to the bold who dare
     beseech her for her grace anew.   

And foreordained as goddess Muse,
     and well-revered as though a saint,
whom none can spurn nor can refuse
     or with vile words corrupt or taint,
let therefore all beings freely choose
     to worship her without constraint.