Long Poems About Fire

First Sign of the Zodiac March 21st-April 19th~depending on the year~    
   
Created among Mars icy canyons a fiery flame of white-hot heat sparked Aries into existence

My aggressiveness
my domineering airs my very essence whispers to one and all seek tolerance seek patience
for my worth depends upon it    
   
Infused by birthright with fights inner battle cry a mighty and fierce warrior most noble and true charges leading all into the calamitous fray of blood soaked battlefields    
   
Creations first Zodiac Alpha you can trust...

Flaming Ada loved her job    
she was a Fire-Eater    
performed in many circuses -    
a happy human heater    
   
she set the hearts of men ablaze    
with all her daring tricks    
and many would propose to her    
but she’d have none of it    
   
“I’m Flaming Ada” she’d reply    
I do not need a man    
and if they come too close to me    
I’ll fry them if I can”    
   
But then one day she met young Tim    
a man who swallowed swords    
and Ada fell in love with him    
and he...

The Lucerne folks had duly made
A worthy build of lumber stacked
At center place of public square,
And be in Pilates‘ presence there.

A woman not of tender years,
But comely handsome in her prime.
Her flowing hair, the crucifix,
Would soon be smold'ring candle wicks.

And as the morning sun arose,
The prisoner escorted thus,
Was jeered at by the jostled crowd
That started chanting, each aloud:

"Burn the witch! Burn the witch!" they said,
"Stoke flames until she's proper dead!"

The woman robed in black...