NEXT TIME
(a meditation on ancestral memories) wading into reflections immersed in the roar of the crowd free Cathy walked toward the center of the earth lowered her torch to the still waters ignited a running ring the firedance surrounded her please do not let them burn her logic said they left her a way to escape they won’t burn her she’s their only Aboriginal symbol pioneer and champion reason replied they burn symbols have incinerated pioneers may sacrifice champions do not let them burn her she would make such a glowing sacrifice consecrate the games fire their spirits purify the hemorraging history of Down Under’s new world order so brave her grace in silent running waves all around her do not let them burn her a sly miracle woman she escaped the burning stepped clear of the ring leaving the fire this time and faced the arena where the crowd waited for the games to begin [won first prize, Detroit Writers Guild, 2002] |
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voyager raindrops playfully birdtracking each well-traveled window organic love free of all known toxicity except the wanting life experience you can take it to the bank not easy money brazen mulberries tantalize my midnight soul wild dreamtime dancing [haiku previously appeared in TANGERINE DANCE, 1999] | |
"don't tell me I can't rhyme" | |
I would never tell you that you're unable to rhyme or not allowed to rhyme that rhyming can be hazardous to your health, brought down an empire, or built a brave new world. I would never tell you that rhyming brings laughter to a child in the park or a smile to a mariner's face on a cold wet night. I will tell you that rhyme *knows* even in its absence that rhyme believes in the present and hereafter that rhyme, by loving design, is. (c) 2006 Jeanne Powell |
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