L Milton Hankins Poet Light Verse

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["Silver Wings" was first published in Hoosier Challenger, Prairie Press Books; "Sabre" was first published in Penman Magazine. "Sabre" was also published in the 1980 edition of The Poet Peu a Peu. Both were reprinted in my first poetry chapbook, "The Lady in the Pink Hat," Candor Press, 1969.]

Silver Wings and Sabre

SILVER WINGS
They reap the whirlwind
Who search the gold-glinted sun
And moons on silver wings;
Who float and glide
Upon the blue and misty current
High above the naked edge
Of earth, like eagles they climb
The whipped peaks of weightless freeze
And loft through miles and miles
of silent breeze.


SABRE
She blasted sea and sky
Wide open spaces
In angry swirls
Against the sabre's point,
Her silver wings rippling
Rushing space, nosed ahead
Of tell-tale streaks
Melting out of focus.

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Sotto Poet May 26, 2021 at 8:31 AM What a deep and wonderful symbolism and wording, Milton. It's nice to have such a masterpiece in your history since 1969. Blessings and best regards L Milton Hankins May 26, 2021 at 9:04 AM Thanks, Lasaad. You are very kind.