DRAGON nature poem in Genghis Lotus Poetry Collection, a selection of poems free to read online. The Genghis Lotus poems are hosted at two locations, genghislotus.com and zenvirus.com/genghis-lotus/. Webmaster for both sites is poet Hugh Cook, born in Britain, educated in New Zealand, and the author of, amongst other works, the fantasy series Chronicles of an Age of Darkness.

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DRAGON

Relaxed within razors.
Attuned to the ecstasy of zero,
The heartbeat of silence.
Remote and immediate.
At rest in the diameters of infinity,
In the galactic environment of the sun.

Awake within a waking dream,
Riding the amplitudes of darkness,
Soaring on the thermals of created thought,
Here and now, but also
Elsewhere,
Partaking of worlds both visible
And worlds beyond:
The fictions of probability
And the flesh of fact.

Below, the baked potato cottages
Where the flinching poets
Scratch their lice and crack the blood from fleas,
Yearning for warmer breadcrumbs,
Softer beds.

Appetite is knowledge.
Rage is life.
Now is the moment which consumes.
Force and focus.
Silence feeds the anger of the javelin,
Fire transforming fire,
Thunder claiming,
Forcing the gates of symbol
To the doors of truth.

The drifting aftermath ...
The skinless algebra of gravity,
The intricate insanity of gold.

Copyright © 2003, 2007 Hugh Cook
May be photocopied for classroom use

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