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The Zodiac Saggittarian
Contributed by
Elizabeth_Dandy
on
Monday, 24th November 2003 @ 02:33:06 PM in AEST
Topic:
mythology
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THE SAGITTARIUS
Nov.23 - Dec.21
The flashing zodiac sign with the centaur
Whisks swift-winged through the stellar bower;
Half horse - half man,- through heliacal spheres
Amid the constellations layered tiers.
It is the archer, bowman, Sagittaire,-
A jaunty fellow, bold and debonair,
Scorpio's route he blocks and then unlocks
The gate to winter solstice's epinox.
He aims at whom he wills with dart and bow,
Be it patrician, broker, or John Crowe.
Then disappears into the flitting mist
In search of mills that yield his wanted grist.
Capricorn's bleating shrills through quivering air:
"Beware of Rinderpest and Sagittaire"!
Choice picture post cards show him prankishly
With plane and saw and tools for carpentry;
His workbench groans, wood shavings zoom-
Which will defeat and mock the sturdy broom!.
Elusive's he, - yet likes to socialize.
But trims Elite and Bums to equal size,
Slights protocol and formal etiquette-
Yet may be seen with hobos tete-a-tete.
He has a special fling for tipping scales
and mixing vineous drafts with nut-brown ales;
Then travels happily by cart and skiff,
Or coal shed of a steam-locomotive.
Of a potato sack he may make use
To cloak himself in - and a portly Muse
Will sit on it,- and rouse him to confer
"Good Luck" to any fellow traveler.
The Muse's heft persuades him to bestow
His potent good-will favors on John Crowe
He shields with pride his horoscopic wards,
His earthly replicas - artists and bards.
But Aries - the Ram, bleats load and blares:
"Beware of gadflies, gout and sagittaires!"
Hot Canus Major and his dog-stars bark:
"Beware! - don't meet this fellow in the dark!"-
"Watch out!" - he'll hit you in the fleeting haze
Of Milky Ways, or lanes of Cyberspace-
"Take heed!- the rogue will shoot and set a spark
And when he hits, he'll leave on you his mark!.
Copyright ©
Elizabeth_Dandy
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2003-11-24 14:33:06]
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Re: The Zodiac Saggittarian
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by doug on
Monday, 24th November 2003 @ 03:05:48 PM AEST
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| well researched and well written, a great poem your friend doug |
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Re: The Zodiac Saggittarian
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by lovingcritters on
Monday, 24th November 2003 @ 03:08:40 PM AEST
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Dear Ed,
Again you amuse, but also amaze.
I love the zodiac and to learn of it's ways.
My oldest daughter was December born.
She was expained by your fine lorn.
She would draw from the hip and you knew you were hit.
And you never forgot it either
I'm Aries and so was always trying to tell here neither.....which she soon forgot.....and I ended up in the pot!
This was an excellent poem Ed. I will read it again...to enjoy and see....more of my oldes daughter as she is she!
lovingcritters
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Re: The Zodiac Saggittarian
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by Lee on
Wednesday, 22nd September 2004 @ 12:52:29 PM AEST
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Very imaginative and a good mixture of imagery.
Says the Surreal Eel y,know Feel.
I used the same rhyme "scale,ale" in
my mythological poem
Ivory Ships on the Coasts of Fire Giants
before I even read this.
Well done!
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Re: The Zodiac Saggittarian
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by Lionel on
Wednesday, 20th April 2005 @ 10:50:31 AM AEST
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| Fantastic. Have you ever read the book: " The Gospel in the Stars" by Joseph a. Seiss? You can get it from Kregel Publications, Grand Rapids Mich. It's Amazing. If it's out of print, I'll send you mine. It will inspire you to more wonderful poetry. |
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