Casillero del Diablo
Arise, lamentations of the damned Below, the cauldron seething The allegory of the abyss Breath of Dante’s dulcet sweating Into to the pit, the poet plunges Weeping words from infernal pen Flows blood-red wine from open vein Upon fine cambric, stains From legend and myopic myth Fiendish crimson orbs agleam Furtive fingers beckoning The blackened knife tips scything And resolute does the stylus scratch Deep in hellish halls Trembling walls take captive Binding bard to vellum pale A writhing wraith, her flaming veil Dances ’round sinister stones Her feet upon the frenzied pyre Scatters tormented tomes The quivered quill composes To dispel ensorcelled charms But into death the fabulist falls Upon her febrile arms O’ cursed Scribe, evermore the plume And soul mate crepuscule dweller Sightless vision within his brain Bleeds madness in his cellar...
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Jeff Dai – Perseid fireball, Aug. 11, 2013 Taken from Mount Jinfo, Chongqing, China A soundless flicker A smoldering streak Awaken the dreaming eye A shimmering flash Fragmented flames A glowing trail left by As so your breath Against my cheek Burnished ardent vapours You brush your hand Across my back Effect atmospheric pressure Then all will bend To galactic force All hail the meteor’s nascence A singeing flare With impatient thrust Shall court his cosmic siren And Earth will ope’ Her dewy mouth A yielding lip so tender A blushing kiss Its tremulous graze Ignites the Perseid ember...
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Shasta Caverns, Lake Shasta, California The lack of a Hobbit Besides rendering one hobbitless Gives one a chance to engage In a different sort of adventure One that is not bound and trapped In a Middle Earthian tumult But an excursion that floats On the outer rim of phantasm A flight of fancy That ravishes the senses A journey that melts Into a moonless night Soaring contentedly Along a path illuminated By the glowing embers Of a starlit sky LiNdA...
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From the mouth of the cave Comes a zephyr flowing outward Carrying mysticism and magic And with each draw of the card Another breath emanates Sending forth the spirit And upon its exhalation You travel the miles In a heartbeat Alighting at my door While the Moon Hides her face behind a cloud And so the play begins With but the faint glow of a candle To illuminate the midnight hour The story is told Through impassioned expressions And quiescent longings Uniting myth and fantasy Fairy tale and allegory To the essence of Truth Then the Star of Night Finally reveals herself To their searching eyes...
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Cover me with the light of the Moon And your eyes like dark stars Searching my face The pale glow of your skin Warm to the touch Beneath my fingers In the play of shadows Cast by a flickering flame Moon drops glint on your cheek A mist of silver Descends from above And cools my brow Softly you lay beside As the Moon passes over And leaves behind a soft blanket LiNdA
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Total Lunar Eclipse, April 4, 2015 Dean Hooper – Melbourne, Australia A copper blush Edges her cheek A fleeting smile Before she sleeps She turns her eye To the valleys of rock Of boulders and canyons To the realm where He walks Her face deep in shadow A kiss before dawn Her lover has journeyed She now lies alone LiNdA
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