Staccato Corrida García Lorca Shot Poem by Terence George Craddock (Spectral Images and Images Of Light)

are you already dead
slain symbolism pierced
staccato corrida García Lorca shot
bull hero philosophy hide arenas cheered
flesh ad bone shifting cape elite confused
quivering muscles mouth viscous blood-red

law spurned poet dramatist painter stirred
expert pianist guitar player classically skilled
poetic phenomenon freedom liberty sacrifice taught
light a thousand flamenco fires of darkness reason confronted
thou are but subterranean biology like all matter endowed
with but a spark of lust life easily ambushed betrayed snuffed


Extract from the poem ‘A Thousand Flamenco Fires’ by Terence George Craddock
Copyright © Terence George Craddock