Keeper of the Flame
...Keeper of the Flame
Flame born in Genesis’ labors
Springs from the eternal parent’s word,
Image of the ever present truth,
Soars above impotent earth
Lost in the swirling numb abyss
Fragile ...
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Categories:
siroccos, fire, life,
Form: Free verse
Fractured Storm
...Fractured Storm
Ghostly gloom born in brooding stillness
Cut to smithereens with shards of energy
Whirlwinds in feral fragments shrillness
Warn of wild catastrophe.
Blinding firebolts erupt ...
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Categories:
siroccos, nature, night, sky, weather,
Form: Rhyme
Bedouin Eyes - With Apologies To Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
...I bought a fine-bred stallion for a thousand dinars
And navigate the wadi by the light of the stars,
Oasis to oasis as the desert bird flies,
Enchanted by the beauty of your Bedouin eyes.
Thoug...
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Categories:
siroccos, arabic, beauty,
Form: Lyric
Breath of Spring
...Breath of Spring
Soft zephyrs drift on wings of thawing mists,
Gossamer breath touches shivering hearts,
Shadows of vernal memoirs linger - a kiss -
Restless cold mistrals in a huff depart.
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Categories:
siroccos, jesus, life, spring, wind,
Form: Sonnet
Solstice Moon
...Her milky, placid orb peers o’er tan hills
As fades the mustard flame of father’s hate
Cool succor soothes sharp burns where rage did spill
His blinding cruelty will at last abate
Our blistered...
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Categories:
siroccos, abuse, moon, nature, sun,
Form: Sonnet