PAPER THAW

02 11 10

His hollow haunt lends the ear
a hushed symphony of icy chimes

The majesty of his mere presence
lends a ghost of melody
to living silence

The cool mayor
of his crystalline community
The throng of disco needles
sewn together in sublime audience

The powder blue beast
scales Beatle-white
caressing hide of flexing azure
defines his house
like an Arctic Cleopatra
waiting on the courtship of muses
with bouquets of grammar
and perfumes of ink

Author's Note

Inspired by the accompanying pic which I hope works cuz I'm not on my computer...it was a birthday gift from my gf^^

Reviews

[Caradoc]

I do so love dragons.

You and your girlfriend make a good couple, artists two.

This piece is like a sliver of ice in a storm of thought and imagination. I like how you wove music into the expose of the Frost Dragon and spoke of his dominance within his icy realm. The reference to Cleopatra is also a plus for the nod to other mythologies, of which the Egpytians also had a serpent in theirs.

Not bad. Not bad at all.

But the dragon needs a name. That is my only suggestion.

Well done.

-Caradoc

[kublakhan27]

Thanks very much, I will pass that message on to her, and I'm happy that this was able to stir up such an eloquent response...I never actually thought about naming him before but I may think about that for a bit.^^

[Caradoc]

You're most welcome. I wish you luck in your quest for a proper name.

[stephen dillon]

another beautiful write i hope to oneday be as talented as tou are

[kublakhan27]

Thank you kindly my friend, those are truly humbling words.

[John Phoenix Hutchinson..]

Congratulations this poem has been "approved" for publication in...

THE MAGICAL MYTHICAL MYSTERY COMPENDIUM.
-Metaphysical, Mystical & Fantastical Poetry of the Arcane

By John Phoenix Hutchinson and Others. (c) 2012

Please feel free to submit other poems as you are not limited to one entry. Also please write a short "bio" about yourself and send to me via private message. This will be published along with your poem. Thanks J.P.H.

Anyone wanting to make Submissions to this Writers Cafe "e" book Project can do so on my group page, the deadline is 1st of November 2012.

[kublakhan27]

That's awesome...thanks a million, I'm genuinely honoured by this :)

[John Phoenix Hutchinson.]

Well thank the Writers Cafe Family for your good reviews :)

[kublakhan27]

I do indeed :) I'm just finishing up my bio and poem intro now so I'll be passing those along this evening sometime.

[Abdul Batin Osman Bey]

Nice I think it works very well with the pic and it also allows the mind to picture other pictures within pictures.

[kublakhan27]

Right on, anytime I can conjure up mental pictures within written pictures it's a bonus...glad you like it :)

[Seyi Ojenike]

Nicely penned

[kublakhan27]

Thank you :)

[demureminds]

Loved the word usage, the poem captured the picture seamlessly. Great work.

[kublakhan27]

Thanks I'm glad you like it^^

[Androglossia]

I like the way you put a whip of modern terminology into a somewhat classical poetry. Like disco, Beatle-white, the cool mayor.. I found it contradicting yet a little too amusing.. It's like Cleopatra devouring a chicken burrito:)

[kublakhan27]

Haha yeah I can rarely explain my motivations when it comes to any given piece, unless maybe I'm reading something at the time but I don't think I was when I was writing this :P Mind you, I always have Shakespeare in the back of my mind so maybe that's where Cleo came from here lol I was certainly inspired by the drawing though...I don't often write stuff based on visual art either so I guess it just put me in that odd frame of mind :)

[MOON]

Great write to the picture captured it well.

[kublakhan27]

Many thanks.

[∠( ᐛ 」..]

I enjoyed this beautiful poem ^_^
100/100

[kublakhan27]

Thank you Roxast...I am grateful for your support :D