Candle burning on the sill
Beckons pilgrims to its warmth
Luring aerial light-lovers
Bright, hypnotic, like an eye
Watching ever-seeking spirals
Reach the all-consuming target
Must we burn to learn the lesson?
I've a better end in mind:
Race you to the candle, let's see
Who can blow the flame out first.
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Power in the Verse by Scott Kiser is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
words words words, I'm so sick of words
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Power in the Verse by Scott Kiser is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
About the blog
The title comes from the television show Firefly, from a line that had nothing whatsoever to do with poetry.
Some posts are backdated to indicate original chronology.
Fer cryin' out loud, don't plagiarize!
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Jack of All Parades
"I didn't mean to say it
I just blurted it out
You pretended not to notice
Or be taken aback
But I loved you there and then
It's as simple as that"
~ Elvis Costello