Jenna Logan Poet Rhyme

Rise, Intrepid Phoenix

From grayed ashes you rose from the nest
Burns exposed through charred black dress
One last breath, one more death, laid to rest
Sins of an immortal soul, you chose to confess

Wings scorched and tattered, pinions burned
Determined to fly, a phoenix rises in the night
Though your grieving heart was again spurned
Rise, valorous Phoenix, rise and take flight

From cleansing flames your heart is reborn
Torn from smoldering embers, journeying on
your way...a withered rose, pricked by a thorn
Poor lovely creature, to ill fate you are drawn

Firebird of beauty, left for dead without feign
Fallen but never defeated, you shall never die
Over you, dark death holds no tyrannical reign
Rise, intrepid Phoenix, rise to freedom and fly!



March 21, 2021  ~  Phoenix Rising Contest
Sponsored by Unseeking Seeker

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Jan Allison April 1, 2021 at 5:50 AM Many congrats Jenna so glad you are on the winner's list:-) hugs Jan xx Jenna Logan June 26, 2022 at 9:31 AM You are always sincere with comments and friendship. Thank you, Jan.

Carol Mitra March 31, 2021 at 4:44 AM Nice one Jenna....Congrats on your win...much love...Take care :) Jenna Logan June 26, 2022 at 9:31 AM Thanks ever so kindly, Carol.

Unseeking Seeker March 30, 2021 at 7:33 PM Jenna! Thank you for participating in the contest and sharing this brilliant work with us all. Congrats on your win and look forward to your participation in the next contest, ‘where are we headed’. God bless! Jenna Logan June 26, 2022 at 9:30 AM Thank you very much for honoring this poem, Seeker.

Victor Buhagiar March 22, 2021 at 11:04 AM Poetic beauty rising into a verse that's really enchanting. Jenna Logan March 24, 2021 at 6:04 AM Thank you so much, Victor. I hope you're feeling a bit better.

Tom Cunningham March 22, 2021 at 1:31 AM Like the phoenix you rose well to the challenge Jenna. Millefiori is on fire, excuse the pun Tom Jenna Logan March 24, 2021 at 6:03 AM lol I'm am so glad you remembered my Muse's name. She'll be happy when I tell her. You never need to be excused for puns, Tom. Thanks for liking these lines.

Mark Koplin March 21, 2021 at 6:15 PM Powerful and awesome imagery, I'm with Jan with this being a winner!! Excellent Jenna Logan March 24, 2021 at 6:02 AM I appreciate your thoughts, Mark, but lately there's no telling where the wind blows in regard to contests. ;)

L Milton Hankins March 21, 2021 at 5:04 PM Such a beautiful expression of the phoenix rising. I loved the "determination" in the second stanza, for I believe it is determination that causes all of us to rise from the ashes. Good writing; fine work. Jenna Logan March 24, 2021 at 6:01 AM Thanks a lot for the positive commenting, LM.

Carolyn Devonshire March 21, 2021 at 2:32 PM When we have experienced the "rebirth" you describe, we truly do feel born again. Love your description of the phoenix and how it is never defeated. We can learn from this. Hugs, Carolyn Jenna Logan March 21, 2021 at 3:13 PM Thank you, Carolyn. Flames of anguish leave scars, but we can learn and move on...healed of heart.

Jan Allison March 21, 2021 at 12:08 PM excellent descriptive poem Jenna I think we have a winner here with your tale of the pheonix:-) hugs Jan xx Jenna Logan March 21, 2021 at 12:11 PM Thanks, Jan, but I'm putting my eggs in Mark's basket. Thumbs up!