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Printemps des poètes :Beneath the molten waves

Calendar from 16/03/2025 to 15/04/2025

En cette journée brumeuse nous vous proposons un poème original de notre collègue Steven Day. Nous espérons qu’il vous réchauffera le cœur

The fertile land drawing into the farmers

The careful tended crops

As far as the eye can see.

Swaying in the breeze

as the water drips dankly down

the patient leafs.

 

Deep below the tectonic plates shift

exploring their motions.

The heir apparent seeks to lift

Means nothing to oceans.

As they slowly shift the fearful git

Every present notions.

The water is full of wanton bits.

We demand seer potions.

 

Exploring their love

Writhing in her pleasure

She directs him down

The majestic & muscular bearded lover

For the one he absolutely desires

 traces the tongue

To her universe of pleasure.

Moans seep into the ground

as her muscles contract and expand.

She breaths calms now as

she cafunés his hair softly.

 

The molten rock spewing

Like an angry god laughing their éclat.

Mars, Ares or Inti Wara

all mean nothing

to this corrupter of smokeful souls.

The bosky landscape is no more

Lava gurgles still in the cool night

As the streams pop in their simmerly state

The red darkness looks friendly from afar

even as the animal, bird and man

flee the powerful world unknown.

Steven Day

 

 

 

 

 

Notes:

 

Bosky - adjective

  1. covered by trees or bushes; wooded:

"a slow-moving river meandering between bosky banks"

 

Cafuné - The act of caressing or tenderly running fingers through a loved one's hair” is a mouthful mercifully avoided in Brazil with the term cafuné. This affectionate action can be applied to lovers and pets alike, as can the term chamego, which wraps up the senses of intimacy, infatuation, and cuddling, all in one term.

 

éclat - noun

  1. brilliant display or effect:

"he finished his recital with great éclat"