Archer of the Heart

Archer of the Heart

A Poem by Rikkevi Rue
"

silly writing just for fun to follow where it leads...

"

Archer of the Heart                                                                 24 Oct 2010

 

Bow she drew with sinews flexing                          

flexing her hickory hunter's harp                          

harp of the arcane fickle lover                                   

lover with faith’s tender start                                   

start like the sprout of a budding leaf                          

leaf on a tree so tall and stark                                  

stark like the lonely stand of hickory                      

hickory limbs to make a harp                                   

harp with the bowtips carved so sharp                          

sharp as the pain that squeezed her heart                 

heart with strings her fingers drew                           

drew like the hemp of a lovers harp                          

harp of the heart that strung her bow

bow whose winsome arrows sung

sung the low thrilled song of love 

love swam the veins into his heart

heart of one shot by her Archers bow

bow of the arrows flew loves start.

 

Arrows of love that fled her bow

bow of an elfin maiden fairy

fairy from deep in a magic forest

forest hidden deep and dark

dark as the lonely glade inside 

inside his heart in a distant land

land of the lost and sorrowed man

man was once a powerful king

king of many wondrous things

things like castles, motes and towers,

towers, fertile fields and flowers,

flowers grown and bloomed in love

love that lay in his tower above

above the daily push and shove

shove of the work to tend the fields

fields of wine and crops to yield

yield like love to her tender fingers

fingers guiding thoughts that linger

linger on those delicate strings.

 

Flight of her arrow feathers guided

guided true to his breast so bold

bold as the heart that beat inside

inside the chest of the King of All

all that stood below those walls

walls beyond her forest halls

halls within which creatures danced

danced for the dream of sweet romance

romance flown on the forest breezes

breezes tossed on the summer air

air that sang for a fairy maiden

maiden with the mystic light

light of the hallowed moon so bright

bright as dreams beneath the moon

moon with beams as pale as ivory  

ivory as smooth as her perfect skin

skin that sang beneath his fingers

fingers that struck a perfect tune

tune that echoed in his castle

castle echoing the minstrels lute

lute that carried the song of beauty

beauty that bloomed across the fields

fields that stood before the forest

forest to which her lover steals

 

Steals her ardor steals her fire

fire that burned in his veins at night

night when the candles lit a light

light of the dreamlit fairies flight

flight to the hearth of his firelight burning
burning for love that called his name

name that would later sing in legend

legend of a king whose love was slain

slain by the barb of a fairies arrow

arrow that drew his blood in vain

vain as the love of an elfin fairy

fairy who loved a man arcane

arcane as the whistley shadows

shadows in her forest lane

lane where she shot her lovers arrow

arrow that flew from the strings inside

inside her aching lonely heart

heart of a maiden stolen away

away to the castle cold and hard

hard as the shaft of her elfin arrow

arrow to keep his love forever

forever hers to keep apart

apart from his castles, motes and towers

towers keeping them apart

apart with each their lonely heart

heart that her arrow tore apart…

 

Rikkevi Rue Copyright 2010 all rights reserved

© 2010 Rikkevi Rue


Author's Note

Rikkevi Rue
(should I continue???? tell me your views!)

My Review

Would you like to review this Poem?
Login | Register




Reviews

Read down the first words of each line, interesting narrative line there, could be used for inspiration, same or different write.

Posted 13 Years Ago


I love to read fairy tales. especially when reality is too much to bear..
Thanks for taking me on a mind clearing adventure...ripe with both romance and a little violence..exciting
This poem reminds me of how I feel when I read Longfellow for some reason?
Or perhaps William Blake...?
anyway, I enjoyed reading it
ice

Posted 13 Years Ago


wow! this is so amazing I really enjoyed reading this, the flow was amazing and it really kept my attention the whole time. Great work!

Posted 13 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

excellent use of the last~first connective to blend poetic into pure fluid movement~
the poetic stands strong and vivid in its storytelling imagery as it is with a solid ending that invites the audience to imagine the rest~much enjoyed this~

Posted 13 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

[send message][befriend] Subscribe
.
really enjoyed this, clever and interesting..although to make it an longer would become an overkill in my opinion.. great work, it dances off the tongue :)

Posted 13 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.


Share This
Email
Facebook
Twitter
Request Read Request
Add to Library My Library
Subscribe Subscribe


Stats

341 Views
5 Reviews
Rating
Added on December 12, 2010
Last Updated on December 12, 2010
Tags: fantasy, fairies, kings, love, fated love

Author

Rikkevi Rue
Rikkevi Rue

euphorica, CA



About
The wave surged up from the depths and there cast upon the shore, tangled amongst the algae covered branches of some ancient deadfall, covered with rank seaweed rotting in the sun, the child saw a str.. more..

Writing

Related Writing

People who liked this story also liked..


Perch Perch

A Poem by Robin


Deeper Deeper

A Poem by Robin


Restless Restless

A Poem by Robin