Phoenix

Posted by anne duncan on Dec 6th, 2006
2006
Dec 6

the sky is burning

ash is falling
a silent rain
smothering reign
choking rain

ash to the horizon
ashes of was
ashes of is
ashes of might be

a legacy of mutual immolation
a joint conflagration
a foregone conclusion

ice burns as surely

waiting in ash
for a phoenix to rise

Alhambra

Posted by anne duncan on Nov 21st, 2006
2006
Nov 21

paradise
a garden with running water
water in a dry land

it calls to us,
beckons alluringly,
sooths the soul
the sound of water
the scent of rain
aridness constrained
water in a dry land

castle on a hill
bastion opposing heat and sun
the edge of civilization
triumph in time, over time
pools, fountains,
senses willingly beguiled
paradise
water in a dry land

so you have been
water in a dry land

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