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Of the Sun
(one of my favorite older poems)
Brutal, this is
creating beauty
wounds to golden silence,
grave adventure
& unheard death:
a voice cut short
by shrinking day.
Engulfed in lunar moan,
sky-gaped lines
howl the quiet of the glow
insufferable,
remarkable:
a soul that charges
for a stone
or standstill.
Lungs that bloat
through plough & smoke
or lifting rocks
with stomach knots.
Beauty, this is
the scar & the song
of phoenix'd rising,
the light & the climb
of scarlet wind
reborn...
the night is ash
& growing day.
Brutal, this is
creating beauty
wounds to golden silence,
grave adventure
& unheard death:
a voice cut short
by shrinking day.
Engulfed in lunar moan,
sky-gaped lines
howl the quiet of the glow
insufferable,
remarkable:
a soul that charges
for a stone
or standstill.
Lungs that bloat
through plough & smoke
or lifting rocks
with stomach knots.
Beauty, this is
the scar & the song
of phoenix'd rising,
the light & the climb
of scarlet wind
reborn...
the night is ash
& growing day.
Published 10th Apr 2014
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Anonymous
- Edited 5th Jan 2019 8:45pm
11th Apr 2014 7:20am
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11th Apr 2014 2:15pm
12th Apr 2014 00:42am
I can see why it's a fav of yours.
Beauty, this is
the scar & the song
of phoenix'd rising,
the light & the climb
of scarlet wind
so many good parts - combining scar and song, the image of the phoenix to trigger thoughts of fire and flame, leading nicely into 'the night is ash', and I have never seen 'scarlet wind' before, so that's a treat.
Good to see you on DU.
Beauty, this is
the scar & the song
of phoenix'd rising,
the light & the climb
of scarlet wind
so many good parts - combining scar and song, the image of the phoenix to trigger thoughts of fire and flame, leading nicely into 'the night is ash', and I have never seen 'scarlet wind' before, so that's a treat.
Good to see you on DU.
Anonymous
- Edited 14th Nov 2018 6:35pm
13th Apr 2014 7:08pm
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