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PART 1: Seven poems that explore love.
The sated wind doodles mischievously
no longer the ravening raptor loosed
that scratched sharp claws to my unfettered glee.
Now are you temperate, husky, obtuse.
PART 2: Follows the tale of a persecuted dragon. Begins with 'Dragonish'.
I am the girl who flies with hidden wings.
I live where wings are deemed a luxury -
hide that I may dream of dragonish things
view all that comes to pass sulph-furiously.
PART 3: Explores Penelope's quest to discover what has occurred to Odysseus. Begins with 'The Penelopiad'.
Love, swear not on any constellation
swear on Life for it will always prevail
whether here or some parallel travail
it shall be, I swear, our consolation.