The Fire That Sleeps Poem by João Tomaz Parreira
The Fire That Sleeps
Rating: ★5.0
The fire that sleeps
in my heart's volcano
began rising
like a rose,
like a Stravinsky's bird,
the fire that crowns
my cardiac crater
until my lips burn
the heavy silence.
Saturday, November 12, 2005
Topic(s) of this poem: volcano,fire,lips
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8/29/2026 3:58:33 AM # rel_20260827T145718Z_a0f1bd3
very intense and descriptive...I like the Stavinsky's bird phrase