Solstice
Faery lights like stardust
scattered on the grass;
every living being
from all dimensions dance
in homage to the light.
Who needs sleep
when energies run high?
The morning bell peals,
heels click, feet stomp,
menfolk and womenfolk dance.
An occasional hand on the rump
or on a breast,
the dancers never rest
until the night falls.
Here and there
a wild beast calls.
Another short night,
another long day,
another solstice
in another long year.
By Daniel Kolos
June 21, 2002
copyright 2002
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This poem was accepted for publication in Quills Canadian Poetry Magazine and appeared in its premiere issue,
Winter, 2004, on Page 37
Dear Poet,
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may be of course your name, city, best achievement thus far and latest published work if applicable. You may also
mention if you are in need of a publisher.
Thank you so much for your submissions once again. I look forward to receiving your final biography for print.
If for some reason we do not receive it before October 15th we will write an appropriate bio to our best effort
with any information we deem necessary and suitable.
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This poem also appears as part of the Twelfth Key, a Pendas Poets Anthology, published on-line by My Town at
http://www.mytown.ca/ev.php?URL_ID=100998&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=203&reload=1100223356
http://www.mytown.ca/ev.php?URL_ID=101015&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201&reload=1100224181
or start at http://mytown.ca/twelfth/
posted
November 10, 2004