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Defying the Omen
Faith is both an honor and a curse
As your hand rests upon my ethos,
Mouthing of silent devotions first,
Supplicant in your fever's Eros.
To summon the balance of portent
From scarab oracles' age'ed stay,
That has you bargain for a life's rent
Of always, only just one more day__
For an urn of emblazoned frescoes,
With processions of bulls, and of maids,
Filled e'er white with ashes bright as bone;
Earnest to the marrow, it ne'er fades.
Published 8th Aug 2016
| Edited 23rd May 2018
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8th Aug 2016 2:36pm
Somehow I imagine you have a golden repository hidden away for storing all the lovely words you arrange so beautifully. :)
8th Aug 2016 2:45pm
8th Aug 2016 2:44pm
This one will require multiple readings and contemplations...
the imagery is subtly stark... understatedly profound...
but to my reading list it goes...
geoff
the imagery is subtly stark... understatedly profound...
but to my reading list it goes...
geoff
9th Aug 2016 2:43am
Thank you, Geoffrey, for the recommendation, and your thoughts on the write's character and underpinnings.
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8th Aug 2016 3:08pm
Layered and complex it may be, but as you say, it feels deep to you, and perhaps as you reread the piece there might be a break-thru interpretation you make as your own. Thank you for coming by, and congratulations on your recent win!
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9th Aug 2016 3:36pm
8th Aug 2016 4:48pm
Jade, ah faith and death...I ponder them all the time. You've written a profound conundrum. Brava!
9th Aug 2016 9:11am
I thank you so much, dear GW. for letting me know, and for the honor; it pleases me how you've arrived at my poem's premise in short order!
8th Aug 2016 9:36pm
I take the title as defiance of death as I read your poem, and the description of those ashes sounds like triumph, "bright as bone." Fine work Jade!
9th Aug 2016 9:17am
Thank you, dear crowfly, for your insightful conclusion, and the recommendation!
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Anonymous
9th Aug 2016 00:14am
Sweet Jadey. You are so skilled in all you place in front of us. This is grand.
Touched again by you.
Trish
Touched again by you.
Trish
9th Aug 2016 9:32am
My gratitude to you, dearest Trisha, as you join me in my latest walk.👣👣 -Jadey🌾
9th Aug 2016 1:04am
I could just bask within
your leaves for nights on
in.
So beautifully felt. And yes
faith is a whew.something
of a testing thing.
Love this my honey.
-Howlings
your leaves for nights on
in.
So beautifully felt. And yes
faith is a whew.something
of a testing thing.
Love this my honey.
-Howlings
Wonderous Howlings, always welcome to bask, to keep me company as we marvel at the moon through my foliage.
always
Jadey🍃
always
Jadey🍃
10th Aug 2016 12:28pm
I had to reread it a few times, to let it sink in...
Such a layered and profound piece of ink, loved it!
Such a layered and profound piece of ink, loved it!
11th Aug 2016 5:53am
Thank you so much for the recommendation. I'm honored for your desire & effort to delve and find a satisfaction found to share with me, dear Duende.
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Jade🌾
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Jade🌾
10th Aug 2016 6:20pm
And millions will beg their deities for that one more day only to have them end up in that urn. Makes you wonder. No punches pulled in this piece and i love it. Of course I found it to be one more in a long line of wonderful poems, Jadey. Bravo.
John
John
