Satanic Verse Options

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A poet sat in melancholy,
self-reflective morbid folly,
in the iron grip of writer’s block.
He found no words to grace his pen,
and thought he’d never write again.
Then Lucifer himself came by to mock.

“Oh Poet. You have had your time.
No more will you carouse in rhyme,
no more will metric musings reign supreme.
The days of formal verse are done;
The world has faltered then moved on
without the cadent essence of your dream.”

The poet answered in reply,
”Not while there lives one such as I,
for poetry is of a form divine.
To me a verse is so much sweeter
couched in modulated metre.
Drafted to fulfil some grand design.”

The ozone reeked an odorous smell
that leaked out from the jaws of Hell
Ten thousand imps leaped out to take the stage.
The air filled with ferocious frizzle,
simmering sounds and sulphurous sizzle.
Spitting snarling clamourings of rage.

Blighted trees fell to the ground.
Birds ceased from flight without a sound,
as demons plied their parody of verse.
Lightning flashed in an acrid sky,
grass turned brown and seas ran dry
in fearful response to Satan’s curse.

The poet viewed the face of Death.
He cleared his throat and drew a breath.
His words rang out in semblance of a prayer.
They resonated, crystal clear,
encompassed all he held most dear,
and spread like perfume through the tainted air.

He stood before the evil throng,
his voice uplifted in his song,
and every word rang honestly and true.
Each fashioned facet of his art
a mirror of his noble heart,
in exhibition openly on view.

The Poem spread Her wings and Blessed
all of the Love his words caressed.
The Devil turned away with manic scream.
Left to observe and contemplate
that Love will always conquer hate,
so long as poets hold on to the dream



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[Cleo_Serapis]

[b]Such creativity and rhythm in this fine piece "A"!

Well done...great metaphors!

Would this be considered a Parable?

Great read!  :pharoah2  :cloud9:

~Cleo  :pharoah:

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Cleo asks "Would this be considered a Parable?"

Dunno!  I thought that parables all started with "Verily Verily I say unto you" and had tales of foolish virgins forgetting to trim their lamps and so forth. Never did understand that.

It was meant to be a poetic version of "Devil Went Down to Georgia" so I can see where you got the biblical reference.  :costume:

Hugz

A

[Guest_oskarthethird_*]

great work this and it made me chuckle too