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Sunday, September 4, 2022

Icarus

 
Icarus 
 
Proud Icarus soared too close to the sun. 
Heat melted the wax, his feathers shed. 
Wings disintegrating, he fell from the sky. 
Smashing in the sea, he landed, dead.
 
 
 
The Fall of Icarus (2005) by Sebastian Seiffert
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3 comments:

  1. Gonzalinho da CostaSeptember 7, 2022 at 6:56 PM

    This poem was originally published in Otherwise Engaged, Volume 9, Issue 1 (Summer 2022), page 315.

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  2. Gonzalinho da CostaSeptember 7, 2022 at 6:58 PM

    Photo courtesy of mira66

    Photo link:

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/21804434@N02/3652107156

    Gonzalinho

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  3. Gonzalinho da CostaSeptember 28, 2022 at 5:52 PM

    The poem was also featured in PoemVillage (April 19, 2022) by the Adirondack Center for Writing.

    Gonzalinho

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