Blackthorn Rose


Original DDE™ surrealistic art: “Bewitching” by: rob kistner © 3/12/24

 
Beautiful eyes
dangerous and deep as nile nocturne
scorching as nubian sundance

this blackthorn rose
is the secreted passion
craving’s dominance

bewitched of eros

the sultry goddess
inscribed in the book of ardor

fired in molten desire
a woman forged of earthen bronze

an ebony sorceress
vernal seductress
emerged from a golden dawn

ablaze in the sensual dreams
of writhing midnight

smoldering ember
in the golden echo
of a soul-torched love call
sustained to surrender’s sweet moan

she is smoke and flame
lust’s mysterious traveler

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rob kistner © 2024

Poetry at: dVerse
 

16 thoughts on “Blackthorn Rose”

    1. Thank you Ken. I have been a huge Weather Report fan, since their self-titled first album “Weather Report”, was released in 1971. That album was a classic of early fusion. It was awarded Album of the Year by Down Beat magazine that year. In 1972 Weather Report released its second album, I Sing the Body Electric, and from that point on, I was totally hooked. I think their “Mysterious Traveler” album in ‘74 was their most fascinating work. That album inspired my “Blackthorn Rose” poem here. When Jaco Pastries (RIP) joined the group on “Black Market” in 1976, they had what was, in my opinion, their strongest line up of musicians — and begat IMHO, their best album… 1977’s “Heavy Weather”. That was the album in which Jaco’s masterful influence began impacting their work. I loved Jaco’s work since discovering him with WR. His beginning to sit in with Joni Mitchel’s band, in ‘79 on her live “Shadows & Light” album, I think marked Joni’s most interesting string of Albums. Sadly, the music world lost a bright star in ‘87 when Jaco was beaten to death outside a Florida night club.

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