I
From the oceans' boulders
to the spurn churned
under serpentine secrets
caverned be neath the sea ~~
unfathomed Beauty awaits
the Eyes of He that can truly
see.
II
Creation from inception
decreed: Let There Be Light!
and the filament of night
inflamed became the name:
Sky!
III
From Nostril of blust
thrust upon the land
a being borne thus ~~
with name called: Man!
IV
A bone, a rib, the twelvth
of forever; lavalier of Beauty;
Famed, de-famed, claimed
from the chest of man
Thy name be: Wo Man!
V
Together Man and Wo Man
began to pro create a fate
of state to mis appropriate
the whole and Soul of brothers;
VI
jealousy ran a muck and hell-fire
broke loose releasing the demon
of woes that only shutters the
world lens of others: mothers, fathers
sisters, and a race of many hue grew;
Tribes to be known as Jew and Hebrew.
VII
The heavens proclaimed a chosen
few who knew the One Living God
and no one questioned such an edict ~~
did no one find this odd?
VIII
Millennia has come and millennia
has fallen; the dia tribes flourished
and life nourished itself upon the
many gods that ruled from Helicon;
IX
so many Icons from which to choose
who could lose their bearings in such
a straight-see-full of confusional-
delusion!
X
But the Gods dwelt on High
with Thunder and Lightning
inflamed in their Eye--no one
to spy or decry: Who and Where
am I?
XI
Mestizo. Brown ~ Aborigine
Black. White. Red. An estate
of Colour. A cornocopie of debate:
Who's the Prelate, or Procurator?
XII
The sky darkens. The earth
grows dim. It's time to send
the heros to war to make an
"Enemy" of him.
XIII
Nations grew. Nations perished.
But God always reigned Supreme
among the many stations
of Demon-cracy; however ghastly ~~
the true Pharisee ruled by Nefarity
and Mendacity!
XIV
The skies harbour the souls
of many Nations, and the Earth
has swllowed her Children's blood.
XV
In the malaise and craze of New
Age parlays, we raze worn Flag
to honor New Birth; a Birth of Justice!
One Nation! ~~ One! Intergalactic Equality ~~
Our decree: Color Us Free!
XVI
One Family: the "I" and "Me";
a Rainbow Majority ~~ One Universal ~~
Cosmic Egg of WE!
Author notes
At least twenty lies
A contest entry
- Picture Prompt by Pisces rainbow.
700 points, ended November 3, 20 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Exquisitely Extraordinary...
Sixteen stanzas, (Or would they be strophes?) "the Egg of Universality" displays at the door of the NOW eternity of Man. They are painted with the colors of the rainbow of knowledge with historical shades of satire. A work that would make Seneca stand up to applaude; make John Milton see the stars, and make the "Blind Man of Damacus" find his way to the Basilica of the Poets.
Reading this hierological ontologic, mytheological (Mythology and Theology) satiric-anthropological composition I had a vision of Ralph Waldo Emerson claping his holy poetical hands and whispiring: "That author is one that I would write a book on her BIBLIO-BIOGRAPHY".
I would ask if the author of "the Egg of Universality" is a full time teacher of the NINE MUSES, or assistant to Phoebus.
It seems that in this contest, this ENTRY is in through the right door.
I have read a poem that made my fly on wings of knowledge cerebrating on history blown by winds of science.
Much gratitude to the author of THE EGG OF UNIVERSALITY for showing the world what it means to hold a Poet's Quill, and for sharing this light of her Castle Poetry.
In sworn reverence, gratitude and admiration,
Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU
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Exquisitely Extraordinary...
Much gratitude to the author of THE EGG OF UNIVERSALITY for showing the world what it means to hold a Poet's Quill, and for sharing this light of her Castle Poetry.
In sworn reverence, gratitude and admiration,
Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU
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I could have read on and on
symbolic is the rainbow
but so much more...
it is more then beauty across the sky
it is a symbol of unity
a symbol of forgiveness
it who we are, only do we need to see
Color us free
you have taken the photo to quite another level
so very glad you did!
yeah!!!!!!!!!
I love this
Thank you for such an exceptional entry
God bless you my friend
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What a perspective, I see Him as the ruler over everything in this write. Well done. Blessings, glad to see I wasn't too long with my write. Blessings.
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I read you poem. I was impressed.
I read your AN's. I was confused.
I read the contest guidelines. I was amused.
I love this cacophony of lies, so articulately presented in a rainbow of truth.
Bravo!
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