by Thomas Davis
an irrelgular sonnet
The buffalo come stomping, snorting, blowing.
The blizzard howls like old men throwing fits
Of rage against the way their bones are creaking
Into another year, arthritis stirring
Up aches so harsh their anger steals their wits.
Snow crusts on dark hides, slows their stamping, singing
Until the universe becomes a song
Protesting how long drills drill into earth,
Into the heart of who the peoples long
To be inside the spirit of their birth,
Inside the breaths that make them who they are,
A being on the earth made from the star-
Stuff spun into the dance against the snake,
The warriors singing as they stomp and shake.
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Wonderful sonnet, Thomas. I resonate with it all and especially love the line “to be inside the spirit of their birth”…
Enjoyed this very much!
Thanks you, Betty. I’ve been working hard on The Weirding Storm, so haven’t been commenting much lately. Between that and work at Navajo Technical University I am really busy, but will be back, I hope, soon.
Thanks for the reply, Thomas. It’s good to hear from you, and I know how busy you are. Glad The Wearding Storm is coming along. Do you have a date of publication?
Will look forward to when you are “back”! ☺
DRAGON FATHER WAKENS
A righteous rage bursts forth; a mighty roar
Too long coiled within its egg incubating
Sets the skies alight with livid lightning:
“No! No more! Dragon seed, prepare for war!”
A vile canker festers from shore to shore
Views land, people just there for ravishing.
Yet no amount of pillaging and killing
Will ever quieten this bellowing maw.
Leaves sore ears ringing, deaf to any reasoning.
Comes now a settling of accounts: a day of reckoning
For Mother Earth has suffered far too long.
Her newly risen son sings the dragon song
His voice rings out from shore to sea-swept shore
“No! No more! Dragon seed, prepare for war!”
Oh, Ben Naga! I love this! I love this! Arrrrggghhhhh! If only the dragonriders would come and save us all!
I’m glad you like it. Thanks for the inspiration. I have made a number of small revisions. To see the final (or current at least 😉 ) version go to
https://bennaga.wordpress.com/2017/05/11/dragon-father-wakens/
And don’t go working too hard either!
Here’s another (loosely related) poem of mine from 2014 which I don’t believe you have seen but which I’m sure you will also enjoy reading, Tom.
https://bennaga.wordpress.com/2014/04/30/gaias-offspring/
I hope The Weirding Storm is coming along well, Tom.