Monday, April 5, 2010

Shiva, Hitler and Venus

30 poems in 30 days challenge! Day 5

Shiva, a young boy with divine powers,
When he sang, there were storms and torrential rains,
Trees fell, mud houses melted,
But crops flourished and villagers prospered;
He was their destroyer and their saviour.

Hitler, the neighbour's cat, a menace to mice,
Dreadful and dangerous,
Regal and solitary,
An unforgiving hunter who killed them all.

Lake Venus, beautiful and serene,
White as an angel's white robe in winter,
Blue as the blue bird in summer,
The seductive Goddess of the the Island.

The question begs to be asked, dear reader:
Would ol' Shakespeare's rose by any other name
Indeed smell as sweet?

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