The Elementals

Personification of the Elements – 9-1-23
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The Elementals

Frigid currents gather stirring
Mists to rain hail in fists of fire and ice
From fractured magma stone eruptions
Crust and fire collide
In melted tornados 
In hollows where minerals hitchhike 
Into purple ruby hazes
Igneous bursts into fevered conundrums
Where four elementals convene
In cryptic crystals, intoxicated by emerald,
Fused laughing enigmas,
Shedding molten aqua teardrops,
Where fire and fury reside
Imprisoned in liquid stone,
Sparkling matrix thunders,
Compressed grit in animations
Of clear-cut brilliance 
The Elementals speak
In captured eternal flames, 
Water, stone and breath.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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September 4, 2023 at 7:58 PM
Wow, this is such a spellbinding and whimsical write, representing different elements, flowing in a mellifluous way with different colours and gemstones.. I'm absolutely loving your wordplay here, feels so meticulously articulated with deep poetic insight "melted tornadoes", "purple ruby hazes", "cryptic crystals, intoxicated by emerald", "aqua teardrops" I absolutely love this, so full of imagery and vividness..
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September 2, 2023 at 8:46 PM
Your imagery as always is so vivid, Sam, especially like 'melted tornadoes' and 'shedding molten aqua teardrops' - you bring these together so masterfully in your final lines, hope it's a winner for you!
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September 2, 2023 at 4:03 AM
Right now as i read this i am listening to the sound of rain, and i cant help but resonate and just feel so deeply this personification. Your use of gems and colors and imagery is beyond profound and very impressive, I especially love “ purple ruby hazes” how intense is that description. “ cryptic crystals” love that! The slight alliterations, metaphors and flow of this makes this an impeccable write: i wish you all the best in the competition
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