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Gypsy Queen

A gypsy queen is dancing In Aminhotep’s land Her full blown skirt billows out in the wind Her tambourine beats time Held in a strong, slender hand Sand grains churned by dancing feet Lie in ecstasy Unfelt since Rameses had marched and an ultramarine Peacock that flew in from Blue River had settled on his crown To spread its plumes and shrill into his ear Unknown names of unseen lands and seas Of kings to come and start new dynasties And vanish across a few millennium days The sheer blue gauze of a deep delinquent haze Protects the sleeping Pharaoh in his tomb Dancing daughter to deeply buried kings Carries a fairytale inside her womb

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011




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Date: 8/6/2024 10:51:00 PM
I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.
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Date: 2/20/2016 11:54:00 PM
datta, Enjoyed the way you expressed every line. Please keep writing and sharing your poetry. LOVE LINDA
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Date: 12/22/2015 7:20:00 PM
D D :) stopping by to enjoy some of the best poems and poets of 2010 - 1015 :) Hope you are well enjoying what is left of 2015. Sending an early Christmas Message with Hugs. May you have a blessed Christmas and a happy New Year. Good luck in all you do during 2016. ~SKAT LOVE~
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Date: 6/16/2011 7:23:00 PM
Congrats on your feature Debasish, enjoyed your write,..p.d.
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Date: 6/13/2011 11:21:00 AM
Congratulations on your featured poem this week Debasish. Love, Carol
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Date: 6/13/2011 10:57:00 AM
My congratulations on your poem being featured this week, Debasish
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Date: 6/5/2011 9:50:00 PM
oops, it is opposite what I said, it's the most recent of 25 that you have posted!!
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Date: 6/5/2011 9:49:00 PM
Is this your first poem then, it says poem one of 26 here. It's very lovely!!
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