Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO PELE (GODDESS OF KILAUEA VOLCANO), by ANNE MOTT-SMITH


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TO PELE (GODDESS OF KILAUEA VOLCANO), by                    
First Line: Break this spell of brittle hardness
Last Line: Oh, pele -- live again!
Subject(s): Goddesses & Gods; Mythology; Volcanoes


Break this spell of brittle hardness
Cased about your sleeping flame,
Shake the world asunder, Pele,
Dance for us again!

Rend the black, black bands that bind you,
Stretching from the sea,
Burst the lava mountains under
Be free again, be free!

Scorn the laughing winds that whisper,
"Pele is a myth of old."
Dash their brains in sudden thunder,
Mush them in your mold!

Burst this tomb of long white silence,
Splash the sky with fire,
Move the earth that seeks to bind thee,
Higher, Pele, higher!

Break from iron gods that hold you,
Upward rise in flame,
Leap upon the world's dark night,
Oh, Pele -- live again!





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