….retrieving Helios’ chariot
From Phaeton’s harsh excursion
into irrecoverable Knowledge,
The Poetress Princess
Clasps her unarmored Knight.
Clutching her waist,
Pulling his Princess firmly to him
He whips the reins upon the flame steeds…
and Princess moves closer.
Squeezing their wills of choice.
Chargers snort their scorching vapors
And lurch from the leafy canopy…
The Princess and the Knight
Launch into the night,
Fearsome acceleration out of … and away
from the forest shadows,
Crossing the Plane of Moors,
Into their sanctuary-absorption…
Creating their luminosity...
Author notes
as a contest entry, prewrite category: "Counterfeit Fairytales"
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Sounds like a song. out of. . .and away.
Wonderful,
jin
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This is beautiful, this is the first poem of yours I have read. Your name caught my eye. This tale makes me want to read more . _Sarahlynn
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thank you HonorablyFallen/SarahLynn for stopping by. Please peruse the catalog. I welcome any comments.
I can point you to some that fit your preferences if you let me know what those are. The only other one I have with classical mythology references is: http://allpoetry.com/poem/4126557
I do like words, and frankly get carried away with obscure terms. Mostly I do try to identify them in the author notes, but readers do complain sometimes that the density takes too much work. My apologies in advance if any hit you that way.
Every piece here has a story behind it, but sometimes takes some digging. So I am not sure that is always fair to the reader.
Thank you again.
RW
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WOW!
okay, this just blew.me.away! honestly, this is truely a mindblowing poem! the words were so raw and deep with emotions! stunning imagery too! (i'm speeckhess) keep penning!
AWESOME!
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Thank you Beauty of. this is sort of an older one, buried amongst the pile. how the heck did you find it?
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Fiery display of mythical interplay!
I find the construction brilliant as it
only gives tiny glimpses of the astral
setting. The verse speaks to me of a comet
or other fast-moving celestial body...
but then "sanctuary-absorption" says they
are consumed; lost to a glorious implosion...
just as they were meant to be. Blue
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"The verse speaks to me of a comet
or other fast-moving celestial body...
but then "sanctuary-absorption" says they
are consumed; lost to a glorious implosion...
just as they were meant to be"
You are impressively intuitive since I was as usual a little oblique. yes, exactly the impression I was seeking ... were that it were true...
I enjoy the myths, and the notion of myths, but am not a student of the Greek or Roman views, just a glimpse gotten long ago in school. But they are a trove of referential images, and encultured metaphors.
the role of myths then, later and now still facinate me, and you know we have many that we take as seriously as they did, and futures will find us quaint
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*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*THANK YOU*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* For your charming entry into my humble little contest! I hope you had as much fun entering as I did reading! Thanks again and good luck
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nice...thanks for the entry
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Another of so beautiful tale you have told!! Yay for the knight.. every Poetress Princess needs one!
Your vocabularly continues to amaze me... (I think I'm gonna be getting the dictionary out a lot while I'm am wandering through your pages lol)
Fabulous write here.
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This is great!! I love your use of words and sounds and rhythms- i totally agree with what you say on your profile about that! Beautiful imagery- powerful and romantic!
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Thank you for reading PoM
this is a companion piece to music that awaited it for 3 years, until she crossed my path. A cinematic thrust:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=673260&content=songinfo&songID=5109462
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