Night Hunter Poem by Chris Embrick

Crisp and clear, dark December night
Orion's form, iconic stars
High overhead, he hunts afar
Among the constellations bright

For Merope's love wild beasts did fight
But Chios' King his heart did mar
One lowly sting, the fatal scar
To take life from the man of might

Forever in the sky, Zeus placed
Orion with his dogs to stay
Revered among the stars of space
He hunts now from the Milky Way

Through time and space light years hurled
Orion hunts now distant worlds.