Heavenly Limericks about Goddesses

Once upon a time, before the era of exclusive monotheism, goddesses held dominion over the earth. They ruled with tolerance, benevolence and compassion. Mankind revered the female deities, for woman alone possessed the miraculous power of procreation, to give birth and create new life.

As written scriptures replaced oral traditions, and pastoral society replaced hunting and gathering, the goddess’s supremacy waned. Attention shifted from moon and earth to the masculine gods of sun and sky. And before long, the peoples of the near east and the fertile crescent were worshipping a single god. And each sect claimed to be worshipping the one true god.

That’s when the trouble started.

Call me nostalgic, but sometimes I just long for those goddess worshipping days when rites were right and no god was left behind. With that in mind, I penned this set of limericks.

Isis
There once was a goddess called Isis
Who’s showered with treasures and spices
A mother and wife
And queen of long life
An angel through periods of crisis

Venus Envy
Before the beginning the goddess held sway
Till the sun rose for man and demarked a new day
Out with the system
Of dark lunar wisdom
Replaced by a litany of laws to obey

Full of Grace
Madonna, the lady, you’d know if you’d felt her
The tears that I shed have the power to melt her
For mercy I’m needing
I’m begging and pleading
Invoking her kindness and seeking her shelter

Oh My Goddess
Like a speckle of sand on the cosmic seashore
But also connected to ever much more
She’s more than a vessel
She’s got something special
A creatrix created by what came before

Guan Yin: Goddess of Mercy
We all suffer somewhere in some form or fashion
Occasional phases may color you ashen
But a goddess’s balm
Can rekindle the calm
So turn to her now for a dose of compassion

Further Reading

In the beginning was the worm

The night before Christmas, revisited

Grateful Limericks for the Soul