Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, RED SHADOWS, SELECTION, by DONA WAYLAND


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RED SHADOWS, SELECTION, by                    
First Line: Black wraiths, - undulating fiends
Last Line: The memory of those scorching -- yellow fangs!
Subject(s): Fire


Black wraiths, -- undulating fiends
With fiery eyes
Peering through the forest into eternity.
Superb hate unleashed
Advancing through the red shadows
Mocking my soul!
The trails are closed
Sealed in the murk of a tomb.
Fire-tipped blades, like hooked fangs
Followed by the Chariot of Jagamath
Rolling over the land.
Trees in flaming silhouette
Against the black roof of the world.
Spark-filled ashes falling, falling!
Elemental forces locked in the blast.
Blood-smeared giants toppling into the pit of Asheron.
The sound of invisible hoofs and paws of beasts
That screach in terror as they rush through the stifling smoke.
Sounds -- never to be forgotten!

The wind, swung by an invisible hand,
Moves the curtain backward.
Cosmic laws! -- Life thrown into the abyss
And the ashes left to fertilize new seedlings.
But -- the terrible devastation, --
The memory of those scorching -- yellow fangs!





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