Thick viscous red-orange glows
slowly oozes over blackened fissures,
moonlight its only witness.
Pele’s tresses lengthen in waves
undulate, hiss, bubble heat
flow surely, but slowly, angry not.
Ancestral guardian hesitant to erupt
she lives, breathes forward warning
all shall be buried in quiet wakefulness.
Photo: from our lava walk on the Big Island in Hawaii. We walked on Kilauea — it is still continually and slowly flowing, adding land mass. Pele is the Fire Goddess and considered creater of the Hawaiian Islands. Her flows create her hair, smooth waves of hardened lava. Late to the party — I am postint to Open Link Night at dVerse Poet’s Pub.
ah….when you’ve hiked this place, even after many years, the imagery remains etched in your mind….and that hissing bubbling sound….and the heat beneath your feet. What I don’t mention is the knowledge, while hiking, that a fall on the hardened lava can be treacherous — it is so so sharp.
This is a lovely homage to the ancestral guardian and to Pele’s tresses ~ Indeed in a thousand years, we will all be buried with nature ~ Thanks for linking in Lillian ~
Thanks, Grace. Just getting to my replies and reading this Sunday morn. A bit try here on the Bermuda harbor at St. George’s…..but the sun always comes. Only two days out of almost sixty now, have we had it rain for the whole day. They say you can experience four seasons in a day here — minus the snow and cold temps of course! 🙂
SMiLes.. i suppose
mythology noW oF
heLL could have easily
first come.. in ‘pagan’
observation
Of Volcano
breath..
sAdly
Volcano
sTill lives
in choKinG
way
oF
erupTing death..
aliVe iN stonE
cOld.. FiRe..:)
Thanks, Katie. Nice to see you this morning. We are now back in Boston with our strong internet connection. I’ll be back to posting regularly now. Nice to see you this morning over my first cup of coffee!
Ah.. Yes my friend.. The beauty of technology and ha! i couldn’t open up my own blog on mobile until i purchased an iPhone 6s.. Technology has finally caught up to me.. Hehe..;)
lillian the home poet 
So fascination with Pele’s hair. The old mythology is truly a great image for the creation of land..
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Thanks Bjorn! Old mythology is fascinating….especially when you can visit some of its origins.
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You’ve brought it alive in an epic way!
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Slow to respond here — but thank you! I do appreciate your kind words this AM over my first cup of coffee. Smiling I am.
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Yay! You’re welcome!
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The imagery here is astounding. Vibrant and alive. We should all strive for this.
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ah….when you’ve hiked this place, even after many years, the imagery remains etched in your mind….and that hissing bubbling sound….and the heat beneath your feet. What I don’t mention is the knowledge, while hiking, that a fall on the hardened lava can be treacherous — it is so so sharp.
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This is a lovely homage to the ancestral guardian and to Pele’s tresses ~ Indeed in a thousand years, we will all be buried with nature ~ Thanks for linking in Lillian ~
Have a lovely weekend ~
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Thanks, Grace. Just getting to my replies and reading this Sunday morn. A bit try here on the Bermuda harbor at St. George’s…..but the sun always comes. Only two days out of almost sixty now, have we had it rain for the whole day. They say you can experience four seasons in a day here — minus the snow and cold temps of course! 🙂
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SMiLes.. i suppose
mythology noW oF
heLL could have easily
first come.. in ‘pagan’
observation
Of Volcano
breath..
sAdly
Volcano
sTill lives
in choKinG
way
oF
erupTing death..
aliVe iN stonE
cOld.. FiRe..:)
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Thanks, Katie. Nice to see you this morning. We are now back in Boston with our strong internet connection. I’ll be back to posting regularly now. Nice to see you this morning over my first cup of coffee!
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Ah.. Yes my friend.. The beauty of technology and ha! i couldn’t open up my own blog on mobile until i purchased an iPhone 6s.. Technology has finally caught up to me.. Hehe..;)
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