Dance of the Phoenix

With wings of fire
Feathers of flame
And head and tail of light

The phoenix
The firebird
Lifts off the ground, and upwards into flight

   It circles
It soars
It sizzles
It roars
           It shrieks
                                           It weaves and dives
                                                                         It hovers
                                                        It swoops
                                          It spins
                          It loops
And it aims for the greatest heights

The phoenix
The firebird
Dances and flies

And it dances with delight

I seem to be having a weekend with a ‘dance’ theme, for some reason, this week. Haven’t a clue how that could have possibly happened!

After yesterday’s post being an extended version of ‘Pianist and the rain’, I’ve revisited another post from 2012, ‘The birth of the phoenix‘, and this time, instead of extending that rhyme as well, I’ve kind of continued on with it. The first part was the phoenix rising from the ashes, and now this is the phoenix in flight. Who knows, the next part may be about what the phoenix has for tea!

I love playing with colour with the odd post. I hope the text is clear if viewed on a device where the background appears white. I was once told off for using yellow in a post, but just for devilment, I’ve added three yellow characters at the beginning.

I’m such a rebel at times!

Jul 20, 2014

Dance, Direction, Favourites, Feel GOOD!, Legends, Magic, Rhyme

15 responses to “Dance of the Phoenix”

Visionkeeper

Jul 20, 2014

I’d say your dance theme is reminding you TL to enjoy life, be light on your feet and move freely to the music of life. Seems you are doing that already 🙂 Blessings…VK

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1. Tom Merriman
  
  Jul 21, 2014
  
  I am, VK. Some days more so than others, but I am!
  
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prenin

Jul 20, 2014

Good piece Tom! 🙂

Yes, I’m OK with the Phoenix having tea, but what happens when it needs a dump?!! 😉

God Bless my friend!

Prenin.

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1. Tom Merriman
  
  Jul 21, 2014
  
  Prenin, there are some things that shouldn’t even be conjured up in the furthest corners of the imagination. This, I believe, is or could be one of them.
  Ook. Imagine. 😉
  
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Let’s CUT the Crap!

Jul 20, 2014

Playful and entertaining, Tom. Like the shape of the poem on the page as well.
🙂

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1. Tom Merriman
  
  Jul 21, 2014
  
  Thanks, Tess. I wanted playful and entertaining!
  
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  1. Let’s CUT the Crap!
    
    Jul 21, 2014
    
    And you succeeded. 😮
    
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    1. Tom Merriman
      
      Jul 22, 2014
      
      🙂
      
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      1. Let’s CUT the Crap!
        
        Jul 23, 2014
        
        ~(*_~)~~
        
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lameadventures

Jul 21, 2014

This is such a cheerful poem, Tom. No ashes for this phoenix!

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1. Tom Merriman
  
  Jul 21, 2014
  
  None at all, LA. It’s free like a … erm… bird.
  
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susan sheldon nolen

Jul 21, 2014

Nice one!

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1. Tom Merriman
  
  Jul 21, 2014
  
  Thanks, Susan.
  
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europasicewolf

Jul 21, 2014

Your playing with colour has worked a treat Tom 🙂 It is very, very effective and the I love those shades of yellows, reds and golds…they are on fire! They also seem to naturally flow from the Phoenix’s tail feathers as though they are all part of the picture and the words and the image are one … Flaming good post!! lol 🙂 It’s taken a few days to get back to W.P due to translating dog commands into Russian and Polish and making them look pretty and colourful lol in a chart (don’t ask…but it was a very interesting exercise! Just took a bit longer than the one evening I anticipated!) Maybe I should have employed you to put your imagination to work and produced the artistic and colourful effects for me 🙂 Your dancing weekend has been most entertaining thank you!

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1. Tom Merriman
  
  Jul 22, 2014
  
  I’d have been completely useless, help-wise, Icewolf, for I speak neither Russian or Polish nor do I speak any dog… you’d have ended up with anything on that chart!
  Glad you’ve enjoyed the dance!
  
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