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*Foul Weather*Ocean kicking up a storm
Tempest lingers on
Spume rises all around
Waves roaring angry song.

Eyes captivated by fuming sea
Ocean tossed, thunderous day
Feel so cold my clothes not warm
Still I want to stay.

Behind me sloping hills
Covered in groaning trees
Limbs break, crack, fall
Nature's might, feeling small.

No let-up storm persists
Between land and sea I stand
Oilskin needed, gale-force day
Frozen watch from land.

2012 Delice1941
10th December2012

*Harmonious Discord*Definiately need to apologize
Before I start to theorize
We certainly live to disagree
Male and female, let us see?

Lumbering carnivore eating meat
Smelly socks from smelly feet
Hours in gym on nautilus machine
Muscle busting weights, body a dream.

Man so useful around the house
When we squeal, kill that mouse
He chops wood, our manicure safe
Nice fires in winter, cosy place.

In our defence we work hard
In the home, not out in yard
Do our part, shop 'til we drop
Chilli tonight, very hot!

Television bone of contention
Football matches night and day
Romantic heartbreak, box of tissues
Will send all female blues away.

Rende

*Carraroe*Carraroe where he once stood
Generates sense of mystery
Carnelian dawn on gentle ocean
Magical waves ripple endlessly.

With serenity he walked coral beach
Delighted at sense of unknown
Opalescent mist covered ocean
Incoming tide showed specks of foam.

Misty illusion, gosamer curtain
Where time forever stands still
Sense of the past slowly generated
Momentarily he lost his will.

Time is primeval in Carraroe
Where sea undulates on coral
Mist evaporated, beauty revealed
His heart and soul so gently healed.

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*Rock of Cashel* 'The Rock of Cashel' endured strife
Proud, ancient monastic retreat
Dedicated monks sought answers to life
High on hill near heaven's heartbeat.

Curious come and wander Cashel
Powerful magnet it does attract
Graves lay scattered in Celtic ground
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Rustling robes, rosary beads
Ghostly footsteps to chapel speed
Swept along in Celtic mist
Gregorian chant perfect bliss.

Their learning inspired, never forgot
Bones lay in graves, past earthly rot
Should doubt arise in enquiring mind
'The Rock of Cashel' stood test of time.

*Temptress*How could he refuse
Cassiopeia eternal temptress, waiting
Earth seen from afar.

2013 Delice1941
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*Taking Flight*Snow is falling in my dream
Douvet of white goose down
Thoughts take flight, feathers light
Stars in sky I touch this night.

Breathtaking beauty galaxies far
Dark illuminated by friendly star
All familiar was here before
Celestial traveller, dreaming rapport.

Soft snow falling in my dream
Nebulae strange, not what it seems
Winter sunshine makes presence felt
Falling snow with dream did melt.

2012 Delice1941
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*December Shadow*December sunlight slants low
Shadow follows where I go
Just ahead it walks like me
Silent companion like to see.

Turning we merge, becoming one
For short while it has gone
Mystery apparation surely mine
Shadow dependent on sunshine.

On dark days when all is drear
Particularly at this time of year
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Hands in pockets, muffled sigh.

Past summer haunts, all look cold
Silent shadow has desolved
Walking alone through winter street
Bright day needed so we can meet.

2012 Delice1941
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With hands that shook he touched his face
Fearful he felt translucent skin
Like cling film wrapped on bone
Humbled he asked 'Who is this stranger'

Wait!
I know this man I am sure I do
Time receded a blur
Friends from the past smiled in the bevelled mirror
With hesitant hand he touched yesterday.

Remembering, women with ivory shoulders
Pearls shimmering on beige lace
Red lips that kissed with ancient guile
Images teased his weary mind
While he searched his mirror for a forgotten face
'Who is this stranger'

2013 Delice1941
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*Catchphrase*'All that glitters is not gold'
When I was young this was told
Have found it to be very true
So pass that thought on to you.

'Absence makes heart grow fonder'
'Straight as an arrow' I fly
Letters all tied with ribbon red
Treasured words so often read.

'Always look on the bright side'
life will surely cast net wide
Luminous thought uplifting light
Gloom and doom serious blight.

'love conquers all' so very true
Should its pain have wounded you
Balm of forgiveness, feelings appleased
Love heals hurt, wishing godspeed.

2012 Delice1941
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It was writtenPoetry is inscribed
in the soul
long before it is scribed
to the world.

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Magnolia dream world of ease
Sleep, celestial plain.

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High king of Ireland's court did 'tend
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Mists of time enclosed my form
Free to wander until the dawn
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Wimples white on ladies heads
Delicate hands long since dead
Rustic oak and dogs that bark
Forest primeval very dark.

Horses grazing, running free
Palfrey for lady did I see?
Mysterious vison impression made
Tapastry woven finest brocade.

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Painful prompt, trying to write
Aspiring poet up all night
Paper torn, ideas not right
Frankly my dear I don't give a damn.

2012 Delice1941
5th October2012

*Wings of Fire*Seraph descending
Gold wings of fire ignite cloud
Fleeting visitor.

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Ferryman

by *Delice1941, Nov 20, 2012, 2:46:00 AM
Literature / Poetry / Spiritual / Traditional Fixed Forms

Charon are you still alive?
For those of us who don't survive
Services needed our souls await
Fare's paid we're here by gate.

River Styx cannot navigate
Ferryman needed, tired of wait
We have received burial rites
Our souls are pure, Charon tonight!

2012 Delice1941
20th November2012

Ferrymanby *Delice1941

Literature / Poetry / Spiritual / Traditional Fixed Forms

All my work on DeviantArt belongs to me. These poems are protected and may not be used© 2012
Written for HEART-OF-POETRY

[link] Prompt Myth and Legend.
poem concerned with the Greek myth of Charon the ferryman who saw cleansed souls safely across the river Styx through the underworld to their final destination. The fare was a coin placed in the mouth of departed.

=DragonsChest Nov 23, 2012 Professional Writer

I wrote a poem about Charon once. It belonged to a series of poems. Hope to share it again here sometime...

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*Delice1941 Nov 25, 2012

Shall look forward to reading your interpretation of Charon

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~RAE8892 Nov 20, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Excellent job! Very creative look at the end of life.

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*Delice1941 Nov 21, 2012

Many thanks for

and leaving comment on 'Ferryman'

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~RAE8892 Nov 21, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

You are very welcome! I really enjoyed it!

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~Pastwriter Nov 20, 2012

Is this based in Greek mythos of Christian mythos(dante in particular)? i know that they both have a River Styx blocking passage into the underworld but i have never heard of Charon. I have read the Divine Comedy though and there, Phlegyas guards the River Styx.

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*Delice1941 Nov 20, 2012

In Greek mythology Charon is the ferryman of the dead. He only accepts those who are buried with proper rites and a coin has been paid for their passage. Those who cannot afford to pay the fee are doomed to wander the banks of the Sytx for 100 years

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~Pastwriter Nov 20, 2012

i see. thank you.

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*Delice1941 Nov 21, 2012

Your welcome

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