(c)1996, Gayle P. Nastasi
A young man walked the winter wood
All round him snowy white
The shadows blue grew long and deep
As day gave way to night
He quick’d his pace as the daylight waned
And pulled his collar high
His breath did frost in the dark’ning air
As movement caught his eye
He spun, “Who’s there?” his voice barked out
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(c) 1993, Gayle P. Nastasi (September 21)
A silver strand of starlight weaves between us
Like a magical web, bonding and binding
Strengthening our spirits and the magic within
Spiraling ever outward
The farthest reaches of the Universe
The nucleus of every atom
Bound with the living spark of magic
That circles on and on
To tap that magic is a gift unbounded
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(c)1976, Gayle (Stubbs) Nastasi
Black silken fur shimmered
As steel-spring muscles twitched
A quiet miaou ushered from his throat
As the cat slept, dreaming.
I wondered where he was hunting tonight
And what prey was being stalked in dream
Did he hunt mice behind the barn
Or was he a tiger, sliding silently through the jungle?
Was he back a thousand years
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(c)1995, Gayle P. Nastasi
Precious one, do you not know
Dragons never die?
Their bodies may grow cold
And the sparkle leaves their eye
Their fiery breath will leave them
And great pinions no more fly
But dragons never die
The starlight takes them, sweet one
Upon its back away
And up into the heavens
Where the night is never day
And the magic in the starshine
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