Around and around
Four horsemen race
Childhood is burning to the
Sound of Calliope
Turn-turn organ grinding monkeys
Red jacket shako hat huckster
Zebra aflame to giraffe’s bedlam
Round and round piazza burning
Pick a favorite horse stirrup
Mount hands clasped tight to gold
Twisted maypole lanced through
A knee hugged saddle
Mirrored ghosted child laughter
Pestilence rides the white
War mounts red
Famine rides barebacked black
Charcoal incinerated
Innocence is Death’s ashen rider
Arms spread in ethereal wing blaze
Brass rings melted courage
Kissing booths colorful horse parade
Under the circus spin-top
Hope burns apoplectic
Ride ride the Bergamo Carousel
Kaleidoscope turning
Italy’s paraiso is burning
Four horsemen race
Childhood is burning to the
Sound of Calliope
Turn-turn organ grinding monkeys
Red jacket shako hat huckster
Zebra aflame to giraffe’s bedlam
Round and round piazza burning
Pick a favorite horse stirrup
Mount hands clasped tight to gold
Twisted maypole lanced through
A knee hugged saddle
Mirrored ghosted child laughter
Pestilence rides the white
War mounts red
Famine rides barebacked black
Charcoal incinerated
Innocence is Death’s ashen rider
Arms spread in ethereal wing blaze
Brass rings melted courage
Kissing booths colorful horse parade
Under the circus spin-top
Hope burns apoplectic
Ride ride the Bergamo Carousel
Kaleidoscope turning
Italy’s paraiso is burning
Sage Ravenwood is a deaf Cherokee woman residing in upstate NY with her two rescue dogs, Bjarki and Yazhi, and her one-eyed cat Max. She is an outspoken advocate against animal cruelty and domestic violence. Her work can be found in Glass Poetry - Poets Resist, The Temz Review, and Contrary. She also has work forthcoming, Sundress Press anthology - The Familiar Wild: On Dogs and Poetry.