Floating Down The River Styx Poem by Belle Wassermeister
Floating Down The River Styx
Found myself floating
down the River Styx
instead of crossing
as I should have done.
I saw Bri Edwards
on the other side.
Yesterday he said
he would wait for me.
He'll wait a long time,
I suppose, if I
keep going downstream
instead of across.
Charon was all slumped
over the tiller.
Whether dead or drunk,
no way I could tell.
Curse all my bad luck!
Someone had told me
to go to Hades
and I can't make it.
Dear LeeAnn, thank you for being the first to comment on this poem. Happy New Year to you!
Belle, I really love this poem. Very well thought out and so very creative. Very witty in adding the funny Bri Edwards. And your last stanza is a classic in shedding new light on that angry term.
2) It looks like 2024 is shedding some dazzling light on your creativity. All the best in the New Year, Belle! Looking forward to reading some more of your creative stuff!
P/s I cannot find where to rate this one... All the Endless stars it deserves! .. I'll have to try back again! ..
Ever so many Blessing to you through this New Year! .. And Always! ..
And Heh, I 'm Glad you didn't make it to hades! .. Ever so many 10'S And Stars! ..+++++++++++++++++++
Miraculous poem! .. Again ever so Amazingly created! .. Brilliant! ..
A very interesting poem well crafted and executed. Great to know this Greek mythology. Informative.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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7/27/2025 7:00:07 AM # 1.0.0
Bravo my friend Happy New Year