Aurora

22 Feb 2014

Aurora

Princess of the skies
disobeys her father’s wishes
dancing in her emerald dress
past dawn and into dusk
perplexing an uneasy moon
with her reckless abandon
and attracting the brightest stars
who worship her every move

An impatient King issues
ultimatum to carefree daughter
who quickly rejects the rainbow prince
in favor of the northern lights
cast away on earth’s outer edges
she forever dances the night away
entrancing trillions of stars with her
grace and psychedelic beauty

february two thousand fourteen
copyright j matthew waters
all rights reserved

This poem is based on “Fable of the North Pole”
and was written for dVerse~ Poets Pub
“Let’s be fabulists” Posted by Björn Rudberg in Poetics

The moral of the fable is every choice has its tradeoff,
but it’s easy to choose if your priorities in life are clear.

Click here for more on this beautiful story

Posted in Poetry and tagged aurora, dVerse, fable, north pole, poem, Poetry

25 thoughts on “Aurora”

Björn Rudberg (brudberg) on February 22, 2014 at 5:09 pm said:

What a wonderful piece of poetry.. I really like the moral of this… Aesop can be quite condemning sometimes.. I think this so much more like life itself.

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- j matthew waters on February 22, 2014 at 5:11 pm said:
  
  Thanks, Björn – and a fine prompt my friend! ;`)
  
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brian miller on February 22, 2014 at 5:15 pm said:

ah i am not one for forced love…and i am glad she followed her heart after the north stars…smiles…one of the things i would like to do in life is to see that dance…

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- j matthew waters on February 22, 2014 at 5:35 pm said:
  
  I agree with you on both counts – glad she made the right choice and would love to visit there myself.
  
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Grace on February 22, 2014 at 5:36 pm said:

What a choice, northern lights with trillion of stars ~ Must be quite a sight ~

Lovely take on the prompt ~

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- j matthew waters on February 22, 2014 at 5:41 pm said:
  
  Yes, I can only imagine – thanks for commenting on this piece.
  
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wifsie on February 22, 2014 at 5:54 pm said:

Aurora, my favorite princess (Sleeping Beauty) and obviously yours too. 🙂
Glad she’s perplexing the moon. Way to go!

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- j matthew waters on February 22, 2014 at 6:01 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Maryse. I just happened to bump into her today thanks to Björn. ;`)
  
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The Course of Our Seasons on February 22, 2014 at 8:34 pm said:

love this, John – she is beautifully written and you give her such vitality and movement – wonderful K

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- j matthew waters on February 22, 2014 at 8:41 pm said:
  
  Thanks so much, Kathleen xo
  
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Millie Ho on February 22, 2014 at 8:57 pm said:

A vivid poem with a great narrative. I will have lots of fun illustrating for you. 🙂

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- j matthew waters on February 22, 2014 at 9:01 pm said:
  
  Oh thank you, Millie – so looking forward to it! ;`)
  
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Barry Dawson on February 23, 2014 at 8:06 pm said:

I love the moral, but I’m taken by the visuals described here. This poem is beautifully written. It easily captures the wondrous natural beauty of the northern lights.

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- j matthew waters on February 23, 2014 at 8:23 pm said:
  
  Thank you so much, Barry. I appreciate you stopping by and commenting on this poem.
  
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Mike on February 23, 2014 at 11:08 pm said:

Such an active image, colorful too. Love it – very well done.

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- j matthew waters on February 24, 2014 at 6:27 am said:
  
  Thank you so much, Mike.
  
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atrm61 on February 24, 2014 at 6:15 am said:

Beautiful poetry and made me happy that Aurora decided to follow her heart and be happy:-)

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- j matthew waters on February 24, 2014 at 6:28 am said:
  
  Thank you so much.
  
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  - atrm61 on February 24, 2014 at 6:31 am said:
    
    🙂
Jan Brown on February 25, 2014 at 8:58 pm said:

What a beautiful poem for a beautiful fable! Also, thank you for the link 🙂

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- j matthew waters on February 25, 2014 at 9:12 pm said:
  
  Thank you Jan and the pleasure is mine
  
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forgottenmeadows on October 5, 2017 at 9:28 am said:

how beautiful! ❤

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- j matthew waters on October 5, 2017 at 8:21 pm said:
  
  thank you very much
  
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Shawna on February 20, 2019 at 9:29 pm said:

She is my favorite too — well, her and Tiana, who made herself a princess just by deciding to do so. I would love you to write a spicy Cajun poem sometime.

The phrase “rainbow prince” and the last line are my favorite parts.

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- j matthew waters on February 20, 2019 at 9:36 pm said:
  
  glad you enjoyed this one…will have to give some thought regarding spicy Cajun
  
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