Poetry competition CLOSED 3rd March 2016 11:02pm
WINNER
Artemios
Artemios
RUNNERS-UP:
Beukez
and pythagosaurus
Matter
pythagosaurus said:She gave
me
water
which is funny because
She lights
my
fire
which is funnier because
she takes
my breathing
air away
which is funnier still because
the earth
will not
have anything to do
with her
and I
have everything to do
with her
Brilliant!
Im rooting for this one.
Short, crisp
Yet meaningful.
me
water
which is funny because
She lights
my
fire
which is funnier because
she takes
my breathing
air away
which is funnier still because
the earth
will not
have anything to do
with her
and I
have everything to do
with her
Brilliant!
Im rooting for this one.
Short, crisp
Yet meaningful.
INVOKING FIRE, WATER, AIR, & EARTH
Beyond desert yucca stalks from pine-pitch torches,
moon besets Scorpio's firebrands over the old priestess,
who's onyx eyes are ablaze, of what she will consume
and what she may destroy, yellow woman & black panther.
Eldest sister to the Jaguar, only she remains from the
heresy of her wisdom on this night of the equinox, when
sacred waters of Pueblo Mesa spring forth to flow and part
the cliffs, to reclaim, to scatter rattlers from their mounds.
With memories intact, of those gone, on the spirit wind of
sky riders generations before, and the updrafts that,
even now, carry kachina prayers & offerings on their breath
amid sweet cedar smoke of mesquite sap & rendered fat.
Her bronze hands filled with indigo berries of woodbine,
touching the four corners, the green pain of flint & flesh,
of red clay daughter & black earth mother, invoking
peyote spells among the ruins, and the silent Joshua.
When her grandfather was chief elder, and blessed his granddaughter, holding her in offering, spirit voices of
the seven caves could still be heard through the canyon.
©2016 Jade Pandora. All Rights Reserved.
Beyond desert yucca stalks from pine-pitch torches,
moon besets Scorpio's firebrands over the old priestess,
who's onyx eyes are ablaze, of what she will consume
and what she may destroy, yellow woman & black panther.
Eldest sister to the Jaguar, only she remains from the
heresy of her wisdom on this night of the equinox, when
sacred waters of Pueblo Mesa spring forth to flow and part
the cliffs, to reclaim, to scatter rattlers from their mounds.
With memories intact, of those gone, on the spirit wind of
sky riders generations before, and the updrafts that,
even now, carry kachina prayers & offerings on their breath
amid sweet cedar smoke of mesquite sap & rendered fat.
Her bronze hands filled with indigo berries of woodbine,
touching the four corners, the green pain of flint & flesh,
of red clay daughter & black earth mother, invoking
peyote spells among the ruins, and the silent Joshua.
When her grandfather was chief elder, and blessed his granddaughter, holding her in offering, spirit voices of
the seven caves could still be heard through the canyon.
©2016 Jade Pandora. All Rights Reserved.
Just wanted to say a big thank you to all who took part i think we have all written some really cool stuff.
I'm sorry its taken so long to get to this stage just couldn't figure it out till a 3 eyed raven told me...
Also where are the mods at?
I'm sorry its taken so long to get to this stage just couldn't figure it out till a 3 eyed raven told me...
Also where are the mods at?
Congratulations to the victor Artemois and the runners-up. An interesting competition style that has led to wonderful entries and a fantastic thing all round!
(The mods are with the plods, sods and gods? Oh that must mean DU!)
(The mods are with the plods, sods and gods? Oh that must mean DU!)
