Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Poem: "Bull-Dancers"

This poem comes from the June Poetry Fishbowl. It was sponsored by browngirl.


Bull-Dancers



He comes. Distantly, bellows echo. Bull. God.
We wait, trembling, awed and silent. Youths. Maids.

Bull-God, galloping ringward, rumbles. What horns!
Palms. Chalk. Sweaty still. Grab the horns and – Heave! Leap!

Land well. Scattering, dodging charges, we flee.
Safe, safe! Holiness touches dancers. We kneel.

Each year, sacrifice blesses those who dare dance.
Flesh. Grace. Touching His power briefly, we fly.
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  • 2 comments
ideealisme

ideealisme

June 25 2008, 16:57:34 UTC 13 years ago

reminds me a bit of the panther poem by Rilke:

http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/136.html
ysabetwordsmith

Wow!

ysabetwordsmith

June 25 2008, 17:00:03 UTC 13 years ago

I like "The Panther" a lot. Thanks for sharing!