03 Campfire Dancing Poem by Lori Boulard

03 Campfire Dancing

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I have never quite warmed
to the idea of campfire.
Gathering around an open flame -
its volcanic heart
convulsive, imprisoned -
I find unsettling at best.

Ask and I will swear
it is my fear
of a burn, surely not
the crackling call
to my wildness within,
caged and primal,
coiled to spring
from its bony human prison.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Gina Onyemaechi 09 December 2006

Nifty images: 'volcanic heart' (wow!) , 'crackling call', 'caged and primal / coiled to spring...', 'bony human prison'. Stellar.

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