Dancer



Dancer by CDM.MMXI



Oft she'd dance a solstice wind

Sleek step the chanted chords

Of minstrel lute and mandolin,

Booted tread drum the boards

With tatted veil loosed to flight

Fan embers into lover's fire,

Enchanted smile beguile alight

The hope of hidden deep desire

Laid soft beside the rising moon,

Seduce the rainbow's secret son

Return to life the ancient boon

Of melodies known Merlin's run

Pairs lad to lass as man and wife

Bond blended hearts in fertile life.

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Dedicated to Alexa:  

muse, mentor    

and Lady of her Land...

artists note:  this post brought forward from March, so it might stand beside the  story of how both poem and painting were inspired... so as that great radio personality Paul Harvey would say, just so you know the rest of the story...