Bold fireworks splashed against a blackened sky Flared up to burn night down to raw red dawn. We travelled light with broken compass nigh, With nothing left of value we could pawn. We trusted in the knowledge of the wind, And drifted on the wet silk of her lip, Until our vows of love became unpinned. Untangled heartbeats. Unjoined at the hip. An ancient masterpiece now out of fashion, We spun beneath the axis of the moon. Two star crossed lovers in a web of passion, We witnessed midnight crashing into noon. Erased, we’re the collision of two comets; New ink stains blurred on antiquated sonnets.Candice James was born in New Westminster, BC and is a poet, artist, musician, and singer/songwriter. She is currently serving her second three year term as Poet Laureate of the City of New Westminster. CANDICE IS ALSO President of Royal City Literary Arts Society Advisory Board Member Muse International (India) Advisory Board Member of the Federation of BC Writers Past President of the Federation of BC Writers Author of 7 poetry books: ”A Split In The Water”; “Inner Heart – a journey”; “Bridges and Clouds”; “Midnight Embers – a Book of Sonnets” “Shorelines” – a book of villanelles “Ekphrasticism – Painted Words” “Purple Haze” Awards Received Writers International Network “Distinguished Poet 2013” Pentasi B – Phillippines “Woman of Prestige 2013” Honorary Professor International Academy of Arts (Greece) Keynote speaker/panelist at “Word On The Street” Vancouver, BC “Black Dot Roots Cultural Collective” Vancouver, BC “Write On The Beach” White Rock, BC “Writers’ Etc” Los Angeles, CA
This Sonnet Fireworks appears in the The Phoenix Rising from the Ashes: Anthology of sonnets of the early third millennium = Le Phénix renaissant de ses cendres : Anthologie de sonnets au début du troisième millénaire. Vallance, Richard, Ed-in-Chief. Victoria, British Columbia: Friesen Press, © Some 300 sonnets and ghazals in English, French, Spanish, German and Farsi ―published at Friesen Press, and now available. Friesen Press will do all the marketing and distribution. To be available in major bookstores & through all major online order channels such as Amazon.com, Alibris.com, Smithsbook's, Ebay and Barnes & Noble: For more information on the anthology, please visit our site. The Phoenix Rising from the Ashes = Le Phénix renaissant de ses cendres http://vallance22.hpage.com/
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