The Ecstatic Calliope

"Here rise to life again, dead poetry! Let it, O holy Muses, for I am yours, And here Calliope, strike a higher key, Accompanying my song with that sweet air which made the wretched Magpies feel a blow that turned all hope of pardon to despair" —Dante, "Purgatorio", Canto I, lines 7 to 12 "The Ecstatic Calliope" Blue Mountains call Hawk in a Big Blue Sky cries “Follow the Road, Follow Me” Old Man Time sits with all three of his Books of Life on his knees And here she sits in the Train of Thought A Black Swan singing with strange bedfellows The Swallows of Destiny and Wolves on soft paw in silent prisons they're tort Blue Mountains call Three Sisters Praying silently Train Tracks speeding now passing an ancient cemetery Pinnaroo Palm Tree cornerstone dry dirt plot scattered leaves THEY are a story written on Speckled Black Marble Feather quills and ink pots Old Man Time sits with all three of his Books of Life on his knees The Sisters of Fate bemoaning their destiny One, two and three Euchre, the Tempest cries The Hidden Bird is Calliope The two absent angels watch on as the girl looks out over the tracks to Horizons of Trees while the Winter Wind whistles it's pleas You could be the Lightening Storm Powerful heart that is free Blue Mountains call they are calling to thee Hawk in a Big Blue Sky cries “Follow the Road, Follow Me” Calliope sits in a Runnaway Train Black Ravens rustling their feathers fast flying off her page they are leaving a secret trail Wings remain protected and loved dry from the sting of the rain She slowly and silently lifts her veil sweeps muddied secrets under the rug Writing with all of her muses Blind Men are now turning Love Spells cast reckless and ruinous Inside dead passions are burning She lifts the lid from the jar gingerly yearning The Ecstactic Calliope sets her Bees free (Lovejoy-Burton, August 2018) The Italian poet, Dante Alighieri, in his Divine Comedy, refers to Calliope. 1. Calliope is usually seen with a writing tablet in her hand. At times, she is depicted carrying a roll of paper or a book or wearing a gold crown. She would also be seen with her children. 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calliope 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Comedy 4. Art/Patrick Gonzales 5. Pinnaroo (1A-1-1 : 1A-1-2 : 1G-7-363)