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.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Linda Jenkinson 12 November 2005

very intense and descriptive...I like the Stavinsky's bird phrase

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